Vids by men....

[ash48]

Hi guys.

Um... I'm doing some research and I'm needing a little assistance.

Can anyone rec me some vids made by guys? I've seen the Buffy V Twilight one, but I'm needing to broaden my viewing experience. Any fandom is fine. Though SPN would be great as that's the one I'm most familiar with.

Thanks so much if you can assist.

PS: Quality is not the issue here necessarily .... just I don't personally know any male fandom vidders (other than the one that doesn't want me to give him honest congrit..) so anything is fine, whether you think it's great or not...

xx

Comments

[mresundance.livejournal.com]

why there are so many more female vidders then males. I've put it purely down to the amount of women active in fandom compared to men (but I only have my fandom to base this on - so I'm not sure about other fandoms).

This is a question to ask someone like sockkpuppett and/or morgandawn; they both know a lot about vidding history and the like and may be able to give a perspective there.

Personally think men are given a lot of legtimacy in creative work (ie, people take them seriously) and creative space, ergo, some parts of fandom and creative work in fandom may evolve out of a need for women to find ways to express their creative life but bypass some of the (often male-centered) control/sexism. I can't tell you how many times I sat in a creative writing workshop which was half women and half men and had the men run right over the women in discussion as if they weren't even there. :/

Fandom is definitely a place I've found where men cannot drown women out (well, they could try, but it would be futile). This is a women's space, I feel, and I don't mean it in a "men are never welcome" kind of way, but more or less as "women predominate and take lead roles in the community and the creative life of the community". Which is nice, I think for a lot of women to have a place where they are allowed freedom of expression and creative leeway, without having to necessarily grapple with some of the sexist rules which exist in other creative areas.

You might consider further what kind of men are part of fandom. We're not a monolith, even by our gender. Just as women in fandom are fairly diverse, I would suppose the men would be to an extent. I am gay and transgender which means I probably see things differently than a straight dude.

[ash48.livejournal.com]

I thought about posting this as a separate question (and I just might yet..) because I would be interested to hear from peps who know the ins and outs of vidding and its history.

You make some really good points here.... especially about women having the freedom to be creative and be accepted for that. That may just be another contributing factor.

We're not a monolith, Ah yes. And that's why at any point I will be hesitatant to make any sort of generalisations about male v female vidders. Because of couse into that mix comes a whole heap of other factors and whether they hold baring might be needed to be taken into consideration.

I'm a happily married mum in my 40's ..... and apparently there are lot of vidders that fall into that category as well. I wonder if "we" *koff* (I hate categorising!) make vids any differently from 18 years olds? From what I've seen so far (and I've watched A LOT of vids) .... no.

And I suspect the same may end up being true for men/women.

Thanks so much for your insights here. It's really helped me gain some more understanding. (oh and given me a chance to rant on about vidding - the next best thing to vidding itself!)
:D
xx