Open AccessDead links, vaporcuts, and creativity in fan edit replication
Author(s) -
Joshua Wille
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
transformative works and cultures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1941-2258
DOI - 10.3983/twc.2015.0663
Subject(s) - trilogy , fandom , creativity , replication (statistics) , computer science , world wide web , media studies , aesthetics , visual arts , art , sociology , history , literature , political science , law , statistics , mathematics
In my examination of a Star Wars prequel trilogy fan edit reportedly made by Topher Grace, I introduce the term vaporcut to describe fan edits with reputations that may generate critical discourse but that are not publicly released. I explore the ways some fan editors attempt to recreate intangible projects but inevitably produce variant works that reflect their own creative perspectives
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