Be In Our Next Music Video: Tabletop Games, RPGs, LARPs and Cons!

Hey friends! Doubleclicks here!We've written a song about how much we love GAMES! And one of the things we love most about games is spending time with our friends, whether it's at a convention like Gen Con, at home, or online! In partnership with Gen Con Online (where we'll be performing this year!), we're making a new song about games, and we'd like your help making the video for it!THE DEADLINE IS TUESDAY, JULY 21 at 11:59pm PACIFIC TIME!What do we need you to do? Film a hand-off! Here are some examples (if the gif below doesn't work, watch it here)!

Pick an item that is related to gaming or going to a convention (dice? a game? a meeple? a boffer sword? a secret identity? your guitar for the music jams? some snacks? hand sanitizer? art you bought at the art show? books? pictures of your friends? a baby?). Next, put on your cool gaming clothes (or ren faire outfit, or cosplay, or .... whatever!). Then, it's action time!!!

THE VIDEO IS: you will RECEIVE the item from offscreen to your side, show it off briefly, or take a piece of it, or interact with it, and then HAND IT to the next person offscreen to your other side- like we're all sitting around a table drafting cards!

We also need SHORT (15 second max) video clips from Gen Con in years past for the chorus!!

We are open to creative interpretations as well, so take some inspiration from our internet-made collage videos — Jam, Friday I’m In Love, Wonder, and Wrong About Gender!

The complete details & logistics are below! Thank you!

Love, Laser & Aubrey

THE DEADLINE IS TUESDAY, JULY 21 at 11:59pm PACIFIC TIME!

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How to Submit!:

1. Read the complete instructions below!
2. Make a (5-15 second) "hand off" video AND/OR send us SHORT (15 second max) video clips from Gen Cons in year past!
3. Send the video to us to: doubleaclick@gmail.com (yes, that is doubleAclick@gmail.com, not a typo.) Keep the video short and sweet!
4. Fill out this form to give us your name and permission - you MUST fill out this form: https://forms.gle/uaRKJQB9QRMUjcnZ8

THE DEADLINE IS TUESDAY, JULY 21 at 11:59pm PACIFIC TIME!

COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS - please read these so we can use your video!

1. MOST IMPORTANT ONE: Please turn your phone sideways! You can film this video with a camera, a phone, whatever (high quality is great within reason)—but PLEASE make sure it’s horizontal, like a movie, not vertical, like a selfie. Example: http://www.thedoubleclicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/iphonetutorial.jpg
2. THE VIDEO IS (WATCH THE SAMPLE HERE!): Put on your cool gaming clothes (or ren faire outfit, or cosplay, or .... whatever!) and then pick an item that is related to gaming or going to a convention (dice? a game? a meeple? a boffer sword? a secret identity? your guitar for the music jams? some snacks? hand sanitizer? art you bought at the art show? books? pictures of your friends? a baby?). Then you will RECEIVE the item from offscreen to your side, and then HAND IT to the next person to your other side - like we're all sitting around a table drafting cards!
3. Watch the sample videos to see which side of the screen you should be receiving from and handing off to - but if you mess up, I will just flip your video, so don't stress too much.
4. Look for the best possible lighting—brighter is better! And keeping the camera still is a good idea too.
5. Make sure the item goes from completely offscreen on one side to completely offscreen on the other side!!
6. Acceptable formats: 3GP, AVI, MP4 and Quicktime.
7. Don’t send me a file that is big - like over 2 gigs, my computer is small. Watch it on your computer to make sure it is not tiny. Ideally the file should be about 20-50MB.
8. If you’re using dropbox/google drive please send us a link to the FILE, not the FOLDER, that makes it easier!! Make sure the file has open permissions - "anyone with the link can access." 
9. Don’t take a video of someone who doesn’t know what’s happening! Please! Don’t rope your reluctant sister, stranger, or neighbor into it or something. That makes everyone feel weird! Dance your own beautiful self! (Or get your baby or dog to do it, that’s just adorable.)
10. Don’t send us multiple takes or options, just pick your favorite for each person/group! We trust your judgment! Your household members CAN each have their own video!
11. If you want to submit art or animation that’s totally awesome, in the same instructions!
12. Good moods only! And kid-appropriate!
13. If you're acting out a particular line of the song (check out the lyrics below) let us know in the email!
14. Please do not sing along, mouth, or say any words, that will make it harder to get you into the video.

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Let's Play Games!(lyrics may change)you feel dice on the tray, you wield a sword made of foamyou learn there are more of us, and you’re not aloneyou move pieces on a board of tiny sizes and shapesyou are here in the now, you are here to escapeplanning to be home soon and staying out until twowith a bunch of old friends that you never knewa structure that somehow makes the night even more funand you can swing a greataxe and not hurt anyoneGamers / GamersDice in hand you know we’re rolling forthGamers / GamersIf you have a board you’re never boredyou are building a town or you’re fighting a trollthe unlikely comeback with a last-minute rollyou are traveling through time, or are building a trainyou can feel new folds forming inside of your brainfor things you’ll never forget from worlds that aren’t even realfor the way sharing it all makes you proud, makes you feelto how the heroes you play are bigger than the figures you broughtto finally being yourself when you’re someone you’re notGamers / GamersDice in hand you know we’re rolling forthGamers / GamersIf you have a board you’re never boredit’s that losing is fine but you still hope to winand you’re doing your best, until we’ll be in the same place again!Gamers / GamersDice in hand you know we’re rolling forthGamers / GamersIf you have a board you’re never bored[embed]https://youtu.be/1IN7uqOA1_k[/embed]