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Last Year's Vidshow, This Year's Vidshow
Jan. 16th, 2010 02:06 pmSo, this is the first of what will be several installments of posts I've owed since last March. ( Cut for excuses )
First of all, ( enormous thanks to all the vidders who made this possible. )
The vidshow last Spring Semester at Prestigious Midwestern Liberal Arts College where I taught went so, *so* well!! I had 3 classes with a total of 18 students and they were all required to come, but we covered the campus in posters and cross-promoted at the Big 10 Midwestern University next door where I did my undergrad and still have contacts. Feeling enthusiastic, and always preferring to overproduce than let people go without, I printed up 70 programs. By the end of the night, not only had all 70 programs been taken, there were a number of people who didn't get one. So, major turnout!
The room was *gorgeous* with a giant, near-movie theater screen and wonderful projection. Thank goodness![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
revolutionaryjo and I did a run through the previous day, because it was just too tempting to sing along and dance across the stage with the *larger than lifesized* characters. Good thing we got that out of our systems so I could be all professional and stuff on the actual day ;)
And then the next day all my classes talked through their reactions and wow - I am so proud of them and of us because ( they were super impressed )
Also, they couldn't believe that Merlin really is that gay, or that Starbuck really is that awesome. There are at least a handful of new BSG and Merlin fangirls in the world :)
Here's the set list. The structure I attempted starts with history, then violence against women, heterosexual vids, critiques of racial politics, then slash and queer vids. Thanks again to every vidder here - I'm overwhelmed by the helpfulness and generosity of everyone I contacted. It renews my faith in what we can do and the kind of community we've built. We are beautiful, creative, and mighty.
( Set List )
And, here is the new Vidshow Poster for Small Upstate NY College. The theme is slightly different this time in accordance with the topics of my new classes (Intro to Women & Gender Studies, Queer Film & TV, and Queer Theory), so I can't use the same set list, but many of you can expect to hear from me again very soon - and if any of you live in the area, I'd love to see you there! :)
First of all, ( enormous thanks to all the vidders who made this possible. )
The vidshow last Spring Semester at Prestigious Midwestern Liberal Arts College where I taught went so, *so* well!! I had 3 classes with a total of 18 students and they were all required to come, but we covered the campus in posters and cross-promoted at the Big 10 Midwestern University next door where I did my undergrad and still have contacts. Feeling enthusiastic, and always preferring to overproduce than let people go without, I printed up 70 programs. By the end of the night, not only had all 70 programs been taken, there were a number of people who didn't get one. So, major turnout!
The room was *gorgeous* with a giant, near-movie theater screen and wonderful projection. Thank goodness
revolutionaryjo and I did a run through the previous day, because it was just too tempting to sing along and dance across the stage with the *larger than lifesized* characters. Good thing we got that out of our systems so I could be all professional and stuff on the actual day ;)And then the next day all my classes talked through their reactions and wow - I am so proud of them and of us because ( they were super impressed )
Also, they couldn't believe that Merlin really is that gay, or that Starbuck really is that awesome. There are at least a handful of new BSG and Merlin fangirls in the world :)
Here's the set list. The structure I attempted starts with history, then violence against women, heterosexual vids, critiques of racial politics, then slash and queer vids. Thanks again to every vidder here - I'm overwhelmed by the helpfulness and generosity of everyone I contacted. It renews my faith in what we can do and the kind of community we've built. We are beautiful, creative, and mighty.
( Set List )
And, here is the new Vidshow Poster for Small Upstate NY College. The theme is slightly different this time in accordance with the topics of my new classes (Intro to Women & Gender Studies, Queer Film & TV, and Queer Theory), so I can't use the same set list, but many of you can expect to hear from me again very soon - and if any of you live in the area, I'd love to see you there! :)
