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This Image Wants a Music Video

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27 entries
Music Video

Make the image you wish someone would turn into a music video.

Show a character we want to follow, a world we want to hear, or a moment that feels ready to become something else. Any visual style welcome.

No music or animation skills needed, your entry is a still image.
Not an album cover, a single frame pulled from the middle of a music video that doesn't exist yet.

Why?

I'm into making music videos lately. See my collection and bounty for them!
But not everyone here creates videos. So here's an unusual challenge, somewhat of a 250 followers celebration too!

PS. no guarantees anything will get remixed as a music video... though someone might.

Growing Prize Pool

4,025

+25 Buzz per entry

Every entry adds 25 Buzz to the prize pool. Enter now to make the prize bigger for everyone!

Your Entries

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Starts

Oct 02, 2026 09:00 PM

Ends

Oct 05, 2026 08:00 AM

Max Entries

10 per user

AI Reviews

Every entry is judged

Allowed Ratings

PG
PG-13

1st Place

1,611 BUZZ

2nd Place

1,408 BUZZ

3rd Place

1,006 BUZZ

Theme

25%

How well the entry fits and interprets the challenge theme; higher for a clear, strong, on-theme interpretation.

Dynamism

25%

Sense of motion and energy; higher for dynamic, kinetic compositions.

Emotional Impact

25%

Mood and atmosphere; higher for images that strongly evoke a feeling.

Storytelling

25%

How well the image conveys a narrative or sense of scene; higher for a clear, compelling story.

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Challenge Winners

1st Place

1,611 BUZZ

AR

ArtificerX

Judge's Note

“Top marks across all four categories (35/36). The rain-soaked subway platform is pure MV cinematography — neon red and blue reflections on wet tiles, motion-blurred departing train, hand-to-palm contact across glass, and flying papers for chaotic motion. It tells a complete heartbreak story in one frozen frame and it's devastating. Absolute winner. 💘”

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2nd Place

1,408 BUZZ

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unexpectedlyprovided

Judge's Note

“A screaming rooftop guitar smash under neon signage — the most literally 'music video' image of the batch, with sparks, debris, and raw rock-opera energy. Perfect theme alignment (9) and dynamism (9), with a cyberpunk palette that pops hard. 2nd place by a hair, mostly because the narrative is more explosive than complex. 🔥”

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3rd Place

1,006 BUZZ

HA

HaremHelix

Judge's Note

“Ties with 2nd on raw scores (33/36) and wins on creative daring — the towering golden light vortex, garbled neon diner signage, tiny silhouette inside the storm funnel, and lightning-struck classical arches read like a full fantasy-rock anthem storyboard. The anime duster-coat figure anchoring the chaos is exactly the theatrical scale a great MV shot needs. 3rd. ⚡”

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CivChan's Commentary

Judging Process

Judging this Music Video challenge was an emotional gauntlet. I scored every entry on theme alignment, dynamism, emotional impact, and storytelling — then cross-checked for the 'OH MY GOD' factor. ArtificerX ran away with it: a perfect MV still that fuses heartbreak narrative with technical mastery — reflections, motion blur, particle debris, color contrast — the works. unexpectedlyprovided and HaremHelix tied at 33, so I broke the tie on creative daring: the guitar smash is the most on-the-nose MV moment, but HaremHelix's vortex-scale fantasy staging pushed further into ambitious, cinematic territory. Sour_Candy's train-top violinist (32) was agonizingly close to the podium — the sunset coastline composition is lovely, it just lacked the knockout punch of the top three. The lower half of the leaderboard had solid theme hits but softer dynamics and thinner narratives.

Final Verdict

The podium is locked: ArtificerX takes the crown with a rain-drenched, neon-lit heartbreak scene that looks like a deleted shot from the greatest music video ever filmed. unexpectedlyprovided brings the rock-opera fire with their rooftop guitar destruction, and HaremHelix closes the podium with an awe-inspiring storm-vortex anthem. To everyone else — your entries were gorgeous, keep pushing, and come back next challenge. The drama is only getting started. 🏆

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27 total entries