Intro & sign ups

[leveltwomods]

Level Two is the platform for a new fest inspired by the video above. The concept is pretty simple, but the execution is little more complicated. Intrigued? Read on!

What we’re going to do, is to create an Auror TV show...in fic and art. Writers and artists team up to create a specific number of episodes that, when they come together, create a series with a main story arc plus sub arcs (monster of the week-style). Or, if you will, one epic H/D auror fic with different writers for each chapter. Like a TV series! Only it’s fic!

We will - in unison - be creating the series name, concept art, promo stills, trailers, gag reels and the episodes themselves. There will be a maximum of sixteen episodes, with the season premiere in the first week of September and the season finale in the week before Christmas.
A large part of the planning phase will take place over the next couple of weeks in the form of group discussions between all members of the community as to what they want to see involved. Who in particular will the aurors be working against, if there's a twist in the plot with regards to the bad guy, whether the development of Harry and Draco's relationship will be a key part, or are they already an established couple and more are all be things to be considered. All members have the right to make suggestions and talk through their thoughts until a consensus is reached and the planning can move forwards. The only things that must be adhered to are that Harry and Draco must play a part and that each episode revolves around working as aurors.

Promo material will be posted on the comm in the month leading up to the season premiere. During the run of the season, additional promo material, behind the scenes-stills, outtakes and other things, will be posted. Episodes air Fridays.

Timeline:
April 1st-14th: Application period
April 15th: Notifications of positions will be sent out.
April 15th-May 1st: Planning period
May 1st- August 31st: Preliminary creating period
August 1st: First release of promo material
September 6th: Season premiere!

Now understand that not everything has to be created and done before September. All the material for August needs to be done by July 26th. All the material for September needs to be done by August 23rd. After this point, we will operate with weekly deadlines; your deadline is the Friday before your air date. Example: Episode #10 has a November 8th air date. Your deadline is November 1st.

We need:
16 writers for the 16 episodes (co-writing an episode is cool, please indicate in your application if you’re signing up as a co-writing team)
Who can work both individually and as part of a team to create an episode and provide planning input on the overall story arc as part of the creative team.
Artists
To create art, graphics or videos to support the show in a variety of ways including promotion, episode stills and outtakes.
5 pinch-hitters
To jump in if a writer or co-writing team needs to drop out. Pinch-hitters would also be involved with the planning stages of the project, however, would not be expected to produce anything unless people were to drop out.
2 producers
Who would oversee the production of the episodes, facilitate planning discussions, polls etc and ensure that the production team knows what to do and when.
A team of editors
The team would beta-read the episodes and assist the producers in ensuring the flow of the series is as expected. Writers, artists etc can double up on their responsibilities with this position, but people without other jobs for this project would also be required.
1 show runner
To oversee the whole project and work closely with the producers. They would have to chase up episodes, artwork, videos etc and make sure that everything needed was being produced. Also to provide an opinion if there are differing opinions on where to go etc

Your application:
Sign-ups are NOT on a first-come first-serve basis. You are all required to fill out applications for the position you want. You can apply for up to two positions if you want more than one, but you might not get both positions. Consider very carefully whether you have the time and effort to spare for your part in the project. This project is big and complex enough that it might fall apart if too many people drop out because of whatever reason they have - understand that for this, you can’t sign up on a whim. You need to put effort into your application to show us that you really want this.
In your application, please indicate when you intend to do your writing/arting/whatever you’re signing up for or when you absolutely will not be able to work on this. It will help us put together a team of people who won’t all be working in the third week of October.

If you do need to drop out it is very important that you let either the mods or the producers know as soon as possible so that a pinch-hitter can take over for you.

Finally: Participating in this is a challenge. Writers are required to write an episode of 5-10k words (where 15k are the absolute maximum), which is practically a chapter in a longer story. Continuity needs to be adhered to, for starters. It can be difficult to write only a part of the story and not the whole, so the challenge lies also in limiting yourself to your episode and your episode only. On the other hand - as a writer of an episode, you do have a lot of freedom. Want to bring in a background pairing? Sure thing. Want to introduce an OC? Go for it! Want to write a (spoof) Halloween episode that is removed from the main continuity? That's cool with us. Want to write a prank war episode? Sounds awesome. Just make sure to bring your ideas to the planning stages so that it can all be arranged accordingly.

All applications are screened. Please ensure to reply to the correct thread when applying (if you are applying for more than one position, then please only comment under the thread for the position you want most and not once per thread).

Application form
Username:
Contact:
Position(s) wanted:
Availability:
Past experience: (e.g for writers a link to a fic of 5k or longer (any fandom), artist/graphics/vidder a link to past work, please list any relevant fandom or real life experience in organisation, editing etc.)


One last thing. While this all may seem intimidating, the main purpose of this fest is to have fun. We wanted to bring something new to the fandom - something fresh and exciting. It’s a fest concept that two of us haven’t really done before, so we’re treading new ground as well as you guys. Therefore we’ve felt forced to set down some pretty heavy rules, for our sakes as well as yours. We just want to make clear that we will not be accepting people for this project based on the quality of their works or fandom fame or whatever else. We’ll accept people based on how much they want to join (guys, just writing the application itself is a big deal for us) and their availability. We don’t want this fest to be exclusive, but we do have to set some limits in order for it not to spiral out of control. We can’t really have 35 episodes, that’s just overkill. We hope you understand.If you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to contact us. We’re nice people and we don’t bite. :)
- Chloe (mrs_jack_turner), Karen (nerak_rose) and Vlo (vlorahp).

ETA to clear up some confusion:

1) The lingo we're going with is very TV for the sake of the theme of the fest. When we say "episode" we mean chapter. When we say "air time" we mean posting time. etc. :)

2) We are not asking for anything in script form. If you want to write an episode (chapter) in script form, that's up to you and the other participants (community consensus), but it's not a requirement.