remixing pop culture: fan vidding
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Remixing Pop Culture: Subverting Gender and Sexuality with Remix Video Thursday March 25, 2010, CSU Northridge http://www.feministfrequency.com/2010/02/event-remixing-pop-culture/ An introduction by Julie Levin Russo and Alexis Lothian to a curated screening of fan videos. The presentation offers a brief overview of the history and culture of vidding. The event was organized by Anita Sarkeesian and also featured Jonathan McIntosh on political remix video. [missing notes for slide #2] JULIE You’ve probably already seen a video remix of a familiar movie or TV show from popular culture. & mash them up, such as this fake trailer. Before the dawn of YouTube, social media, or online video, people were using existing video footage to create their own mashups. Some were artists and filmmakers, but some did it as a hobby, working within their own subcultures and communities.TRANSCRIPT
Remixing Pop Culture:FAN VIDDING
Alexis Lothian &Julie Levin RussoMarch 25, 2010
YOU
TU
BE (2
00
5-p
rese
nt) Popular video mashups on YouTube include fake trailers, parodies, & music videos.
KA
ND
Y FO
NG
(19
75
) The first “vid”: slideshow of recovered film stills set to music, presented at fan cons.
“Pre
ssure
” by C
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w d
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ss: Frie
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se sto
pw
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nd 2
VC
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DIG
ITAL V
IDD
ING
(20
00
s) A screenshot from “Walking on the Ground” by flummery shows Killa making a vid.
Why make fan videos?
pleasure
community
interpretation
gender
politics?
“Clo
ser” b
y K
illa &
Tjo
nesy
Gender &
Sexuality
“Walkin
g o
n th
e G
round”
Pro
perty
& P
rivacy
VID
DIN
G P
OLI
TIC
S
PR
OG
RA
M
The Enemy Within by CVM (Battlestar Galactica)
I'm Your Man by Charmax (various)
Wouldn't It Be Nice? by Laura Shapiro (various)
The Long Spear by JMTorres, Niqaeli, et al (Star Trek)
Closer by TJonesy & Killa (Star Trek)
White and Nerdy by Talitha78 (Psych)
Legend of a Cowgirl by Shati (Firefly)
How Much Is That Geisha in the Window by anon (Firefly)
The Fear by HazelK (Summer Glau: various)
Piece of Me by Obsessive24 (Britney Spears)