I've been campaigning for more space to talk about fan vids and fan films at Swancon for a few years now, and this year we actually had a mini vidding stream. Yay! It kicked off with the vidshow on Saturday morning, and ended with an in-depth review panel on Sunday afternoon. Along the way, we also talked about the politics of vidding, and had an ( Read more... )

I've had a few emails asking for links to the vids I discussed at the Swancon fanvid panel, so here they are. I was so far beyond tired, I can't actually remember much, but I think these were all the vids I showed -- let me know if I've missed anything ( Read more... )

I promised links to the vids I showed and discussed in my vidding panel. Here they are, where still available.

If you're a local (Aussie/Kiwi) vidder, get in touch with me. I'd love to put together a show of Aussie and NZ works for the next con.

( Show 1 )

Yeah, I know Swancon was a week ago, but I've pretty much been asleep all week. It's been lovely, and I really needed it. But I thought I'd better post stuff before any more time went by.

Below the cut are the fanworks
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One of the things I love most about Swancon is that it's a different convention every year. Some years, it's all about the program. Others, it's all about hanging out at parties. This year? Was one of my favourites. The atmosphere was so relaxed, the program had a bunch of neat stuff, and I got to spend a lot of time with my friends. Swancon for ( Read more... )

I wanted to post my general con report and thoughts on the academic stream before raising some issues about the future of Swancon that I think are worth discussing ( Read more... )

Here are my notes on several papers from the Academic Stream and some other thinky panels.

( Karl Schroeder, Sylvia Kelso, Kandace Horton, Grant Stone, Brita Hansen, Andrew Milner )

Swancon is over for another year, and what a fantastic Swancon it was. I promised people I'd put up links to things that were mentioned in the various panels I was on, which you'll find behind the cut, along with some thoughts on other papers and panels I attended.

( Swancon 2008 )