Comments | rdphantom: Vidding, fanfic and commercialism

rdphantom

Vidding, fanfic and commercialism

Mar 08, 2009 15:09

So yesterday I posted a rant in my Last.fm journal about Today by The Smashing Pumpkins being used in a Visa commercial, and how I was disturbed by that. I think my thoughts on that actually apply to fandom "coming out" to the public.

I finally truly understand the whole Fanlib.com fiasco and why that really bothered fans. It wasn't just an ( Read more... )

vidding meta, otw, music, fandom

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paperclipchains March 16 2009, 22:34:38 UTC

And now vidding is starting to be written up in the press; the signal is going out, as Laura Shapiro says. Can we control the spin the media might put on fandom and vidding, and prevent vids from becoming commercial entities to be used by The Man? Can we prevent them from being hijacked and used in a way that has no meaning for our fannish communities? According to this article at In Media Res it’s already being tried. I’ve previously been very excited at the prospect of vids gaining widespread acclaim because I want everyone to love them like I love them. But I’m starting to understand that even if we aren’t sued out of existence we could be manipulated and censored into something that doesn’t resemble us anymore. If viding is no longer a rebellious act of irreverence and love and thought and emotion is it still worth watching and doing?It depends on why you vid, in my opinion. I don't think you've covered the breadth of reasoning with "a rebellious act of irreverence and love ( ... )

rdphantom March 18 2009, 01:07:13 UTC

I'm sure I didn't cover the breadth of reasoning for why someone would vid; there are probably as many reasons as vidders. But whatever reason someone has for vidding it's personal, and that's where the allure comes from, for that person. If you manipulate the outcome you risk dampening the allure inherent in choosing to respond to the source in whatever way feels most inspirational ( ... )

topaz_eyes March 16 2009, 23:12:34 UTC

Here via metafandom...

Can we control the spin the media might put on fandom and vidding, and prevent vids from becoming commercial entities to be used by The Man? Can we prevent them from being hijacked and used in a way that has no meaning for our fannish communities?Seeing how the BSG video mash-up promotion was set up in that article, The Man is already trying to hijack the process--not just for vidding but for fandom creativity as a whole. Using only Man-approved scenes and music, for example, is just not in the spirit of fannish vidding as I see it ( ... )

rdphantom March 18 2009, 16:58:19 UTC

I got linked in Metafandom - Cool! I'll have to check out all the cool links ( ... )

Via metafandom badficwriter March 17 2009, 06:17:10 UTC

Since that den of comic book pirates scans_daily got nuked, I've been musing about this very thing. People keep suggesting "perhaps if you only did what you were allowed/used content that was permitted".

It feels like being tamed.

I remember looking into corporate fansite acknowledgement back in the day. It was stingy. Didn't offer the stuff I was interested in covering. Banned obscenity--a ban I felt extended to slash. If I couldn't write the Professor X/Cyclops adult male/underage boy fic I felt needed to be out there to confront the shadow I saw in the official text...

Times change, the corporate material is reflecting our own tastes in places. But I feel there will always be a place for creating what the author doesn't agree with. And that place will probably never be under control because the control doesn't agree with it's existence.

Re: Via metafandom rdphantom March 20 2009, 21:02:13 UTC

LOL, yeah, your fic probably would be banned! What sites were you looking into "back in the day"? Was it FanLib, or something else ( ... )