1st Edition

Fanvids Television, Women, and Home Media Re-Use

By E. Charlotte Stevens Copyright 2020
278 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages
by Routledge

Fanvids, or vids, are short videos created in media fandom. Made from television and film sources, they are neither television episodes nor films; they resemble music videos but are non-commercial fanworks that construct creative and critical analyses of existing media. The creators of fanvids-called vidders-are predominantly women, whose vids prompt questions about media historiography and... Read more
Introduction, 1. Critical Contexts: Television Studies, Fandom Studies, and the Vid, 2. Approach: How to Study a Vid, 3. Proximate Forms and Sites of Encounter: Music Video and Experimental Tradition, 4. Textures of Fascination: Archives, Vids, and Vernacular Historiography, 5. Critical Spectatorship and Spectacle: Multifandom Vids, 6. Adapting Kara Thrace: Dualbunny's Battlestar Galactica Trilogy, Conclusion, References, Index

Biography

E. Charlotte Stevens is a Lecturer in Media and Communication at Birmingham City University.