Aug. 11th, 2005

estepheia: (Shades of Grey)
I know absolutely nothing about cars, so please tell me:
What does "low volume muscle car" mean? Does it mean the car does not make a lot of noise? Specifically, what does a 1967 Plymouth GTX Convertible (i.e. Angel's car) sound like? And what's a muscle car? I just checked ads and found a red Convertible that costs almost $36.000. Apparently these cars are pretty rare. But do they have a specific image? What kind of person, other than Angel, would buy this kind of car?
And is it loud?

Oh, and one more question. Where was Buffy's grave located? I seem to remember a forest. It wasn't a proper cemetery, was it?

Fanfic 101

Aug. 11th, 2005 11:08 pm
estepheia: (Joss Says)
A while ago I was asked by my ex-lecturer to give a 45 minute seminar on fanfic and modern technology. He had only very vague ideas about what he wanted me to talk about. In any case I was mightily flattered and started surfing the net for interesting quotes and articles on fan creativity. I also asked [livejournal.com profile] the_resa_ii for help. She provided me with a great bibliography of books on the subject - which I didn't have time to read, but which I put on my handout anyway, after cross-checking them.

The seminar went very well. I showed fanvids, fan movies, and I also had a slide show featuring fan art, manips, and fan-made comics. I think people were pretty impressed.
Back then, I promised to post the handout of the seminar here. I tried to do it too, but my computer crashed. And then, when the compi was fixed, well, I promptly... forgot.
Okay, I can't post my lecture because I spoke freely, and mostly without notes: about copyright law, and about the fact that there are some stories nobody can own, not even multi-million dollar corporations like Disney, no matter how hard they try (even Disney can't TM Cinderella and many other myths). But hey, I can give you the handout. Please remember that the handout was for literature students with no or very little exposure to online fandom culture...
Enjoy.

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