Snapshot of Livejournal entries for 2012 Festivids, taken 11am, 28 January.
Red = Femslash
Blue = Slash
Green = Het
Purple = Bisexuality
Black Bold = Gen, or sexuality is not the primary focus
Most Commented-on Festivids on LJ
01:45 am - Gift for Gianduja Kiss (Maru the Cat) [ +49 ]
"Outside the Box"
Primary: race/gender-neutral animal
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I need time to digest this... (ack! time I don't really have).
Is there any link to quality of the vidding here? Or do you think people clicking, watching and commenting has to do with the content only?
I still haven't watched any (other than the few I've beta'd) so I don't know if these results reflect the content (gender, race, fandom etc.) , the people they are gifted to, the rec's they've received etc.)
Damn fascinating!
(Are you going tomorrow?)
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That's the question, isn't it? I'm glad you asked it, and with the self-awareness to know that it's a problematic question.
It's easy to handwave the results as, "those are just the weakest vids". I feel the pull of handwaving due to quality myself, even with the gender/race/sexuality breakdown staring me in the face.
The thing is, some technically poor vids have a lot more comments, so it's not just about technique. It's definitely about content to a greater degree I'd say.
As honestly as I can judge, this is what I think about these specific vids.
The case of RED
I haven't seen the move RED yet, so I hadn't watched any of the RED vids until I made this list. As it appears in both lists it's a useful measure of my own reactions.
In my opinion, one of the Helen Mirren vids in the bottom list is more enjoyable than, and technically as good as, the slash vid in the top list.
The case of ( ... )
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I do think you'll find that many of the most popular ones are humorous in some way, either because the source was comedy (Maru, Fresh Prince) or because of a song/source juxtaposition (What a Man, Me Against the Music, Let's Go to the Mall) or whatever.
I'm attempting to watch all of them, except those that warn for sexual violence, but I'm dropping out of most of the SciFi ones pretty quickly because it's not really my thing, and I find that there are some songs/music choices that turn me off very quickly too (auto-tuning, or very muddy instruments/vocals).
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After technique, personal taste is the next easiest thing I want to blame.
Taste isn't neutral though, obviously, or this pattern wouldn't emerge.
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ETA: Aaand I just went and looked at my recs so far, and yeah, all white, all the time. /o\
Thanks for raising the issues and, with it, my awareness.
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*shares the fail hat* /o\
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