Fanvid Friday: Britney Spears

[rogueslayer452]

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My Comments: A little belated, I know. Okay, so this one is a bit different because it's a fanmade video for one of Britney Spears' songs, "Cinderella", edited with various music videos and footage of Britney herself as an unofficial music video. The creator of this fanmade video, which was uploaded back in the day before YouTube existed (I remember downloading it off of KaZaa), did such a great job with matching moments and even doing their best to sync up clips that made it seem like Britney was singing the song. So despite the lower quality it still holds up to this day as being among my favorite fanmade unofficial music videos done.

Also, as an aside, this is something that AI can never do. There is practice and skill to creating a piece of fanmade work like this, and nothing compares to the blood, sweat and tears of dedicated fans spending hours on a video editing software and sharing that hard work and creativity even to a handful of people.

Comments

[rogueslayer452]

Exactly, and truthfully, creating something by yourself is so rewarding in the end. It might not be perfect, but it's something you made, it's something creative that came out of your brain. Plus, you learn so much when you're creating! That's the fun part of it all! Seeing people wanting to take the easy way out via GenAI just to produce content rather than create art for the sake of it is honestly depressing. Not just in fandom spaces, but in general.

[elizalavelle]

It really is. I understand the temptation to be able to just tell a program what you're thinking and have it appear easily. You don't learn from that though and art is about more than just the finished product. I like making things because I learn a lot along the way and develop my skills. You can't improve if you're not doing the work. Nor does your finished product really have the same heart to it.

I'm mad and saddened and worried by AI almost constantly. It's such a harmful thing to all of us and yet those who are into using it don't want to hear about the damage it does to the world and to them and employers just want a way to fire people and make more money.