Staff Blog / Special Weekend Project - YACHT Music Challenge

Greetings Vimean friends,

Happily ever after -- it's a nice thought, isn't it? But don't you ever find yourself watching the end of a film and feeling a little cheated when the main character finally gets that romantic kiss, or scores the winning point in the big game, or gallops into the sunset, victorious and happy? In the name of curiosity, don't you ever wonder what the story would be like if the main character made the wrong decision instead?

This week, we implore you to inspect both sides of the same coin. Your challenge is to create a 3 min. narrative that has two different endings: one positive and one negative. We want to see a playful story structure, something that gives us a look into two very opposite outcomes for a single story.

In conjunction with the Free Music Archive and our new Vimeo Music Store, YACHT is generously offering instrumental versions of all the songs from their amazing new album, Shangri-La.

For this project:
- Create a 3 min. narrative video that has two endings, one positive and one negative. Just to clarify, we want you to make a single video that has two endings!
- Head to the Music Store and download both awesome instrumental YACHT tracks: Utopia and Dystopia
- Use the music to influence the mood and emphasize the difference between each of the alternate possibilities!
- Submit your video to the Weekend Project Group.

Because this is an extra special project, you get a full week! All submissions are due on Friday, October 21st at 11:59 PM (EST).

Please remember that only videos made specifically for this project will be considered. All submitted videos must be approved by the Vimeo Staff before appearing in the Group, so don't worry if your video does not show up at first, we'll get to it, promise!

The winner of this contest will get a free Plus account, or if you're already a Plus member, we're going to let you gift the Plus to whomever you choose (along with an extra 2.5 GB of upload space)! The runner-up will receive an extra 1 GB of upload capacity whether Plus or not.

**UPDATE** Congratulations to our YACHT Music Challenge winner, Diego Lucia for his video, Somnus and our runner up, Michael Sajewski with Undead Endgame.
Thank you for your submissions, see you next time!