WELCOME TO THE 49TH WORLD HIT FESTIVAL DRAFT THREAD
Alshkan, Britonisea & Estogium
WHF NETWORK - OOC THREAD - IC THREAD
These dates are only provisional and are subject to change;
Sign Ups for the 49th World Hit Festival Close - 22nd December 2019, 23:00 GMT
Draft Thread Closes, 24 hours to make last changes - 29th December 2019, 23:00 GMT
LIVE Draws and Running Order - 29th December 2019, 23:10 GMT (subject to change)
Voting lines Opens, the IC Thread is Available - 31st December 2019, 12:00 GMT
Voting lines Closes - 6th January 2020, 20:00 GMT
Results Day 1 - 7th January 2020, 21:00 GMT Phase 1
Results Day 2 - 8th January 2020, 21:00 GMT Phase 1
Results Day 3 - 10th January 2020, 21:00 GMT Phase 2
Results Day 4 - 11th January 2020, 21:00 GMT Phase 2
Entries
Important Information: As written by Kalosia for WHF26: The host (Britonisea) reserves the right to make alterations to your RP when copying it over to the IC thread. However, these alterations will be limited to cleaning up the formatting as well as adding (not deleting) RP regarding the situation in the arena (i.e. how the audience reacted). Substantial/major alterations will not be made without written permission, and any further changes to an entry within the IC thread will only be done upon written request by the user behind it, and with host discretion. This also includes audience reactions at the end of the entry...
Helping Your Host: I am most probably going to use my own formatting for everybody's entry, to make it look uniform, which has been done in other editions, my previous edition of hosting included. I would appreciate if you could keep your formatting of your entry very simple (just text and the 'BOX' tag would be fantastic, no need for colours, bold, italics and underlining - unless they are keys or backing singers etc). You can align everything to the centre if you want to keep in neat, but it would help me very much to keep it quite minimalist. If you don't though, it doesn't matter.
PLEASE LEAVE TRANSLATIONS AT THE END OF YOUR POST UNDER A SINGLE SPOILERS. It incredibly slows down the process of making all entries uniform. It really does.
WIP Entries: It would also help a lot if you put a "WIP" or Work In Progress sign somewhere obvious, preferably in the subject or at the top of your post if you don't want me to notice that as finished (but this will not come in to play by 29th December 2019)...
What is a Complete Entry?: A complete entry, by technical definition, is an entry on the draft thread with a usable tune and a complete set of lyrics (all stanzas, verses, and etc. covered). Which means, I can transfer a post with just pure lyrics onto the IC thread and mark it as a complete entry. However, I encourage all nations to put in RP to your entries. It makes the entry look far more complete than just lyrics on the page, and while it won't guarantee higher points, it will signal to the WHF community that you are putting in effort than just beyond lyrics. However, I understand that time is a crunch (I once was in that same position myself). What will not be transferred is an entry with incomplete lyrics or just a header.
Headers: Well, below you will be able to find a format of a very, very simple header that will help me in the long run.
Reminding You and Miscellany
Nations who have expressed interest to participate will receive a telegram 24-48 hours before the Draft Thread closes. Also, nations that are yet to vote will receive a telegram 24-48 hours before the Voting Lines close.
The IC information is below...
THE 49TH WORLD HIT FESTIVAL
About the WHF49 Stage!
About the WHF49 Stage!
https://youtu.be/II9bB31OSro (Niall Horan)
https://youtu.be/Qfm2RyHhJIE (Mabel)
https://youtu.be/WHQ0F2Aa7Oc (Dua Lipa)
https://youtu.be/Qfm2RyHhJIE (Mabel)
https://youtu.be/WHQ0F2Aa7Oc (Dua Lipa)
This edition, there has been an emphasis on how expensive looking the stage will be. As you can see from the performances above, you'll be able to tell that the stage will be not be in the conventional way we are used to stages being (with the stage being at the top end of the arena). This edition, the stage will be along the side of the arena which means that while only 14.5k can fit in an arena that could fit upto 6k more, the stage will be huge and will be fit with loads of different effects that will make it look fantastic on television. An example of this is that along the top end of the stage there will be an LCD screen which will also be on the floor of the stage too, along the end of it which means that - similarly to the performances you can see in the link - you'll be able to realistically interact with a huge LCD stage floor. As you can see at 03:05 of Mabel's video, you can see the tens of birdie lights that will be fitted along the top and side of the stage's right hand side which will look otherworldly on television. There will be LCD screen strips along the sides of the seat stands as well which make the whole arena set alight. Finally, if you're lucky enough to get to stand near the stage - which you could argue is very catwalk-like, you can go on either side of the stage (in front of the main audience on the stands or in front of the back wall full of the birdie lights). You can see this at 02:25 of Mabel's video if you'd like to visualise it. In addition to this, the hologram package will be included as ever. If you'd like to use rain effects we can do that, but if you'd like to use actual water from the rigs, you will need to be placed nearer the LCD screen right at the left side of the arena. A diagram will be made in time for the Draft Thread to give you more of an idea of what everything will look like.
An odd stage but there's so many ways you can use it - conventional, unconventional? Whatever will win you the trophy and the chance to host the 50th anniversary of the World Hit Festival!
