Fandom
This is the director of At the Drive-In.
Who is Alexander Monelli?
This is the purpose of films according to the director of Trolls II.
What is moving an audience in some way.
This man was an acclaimed film critic for the New York Times until he recently left the profession.
Who is A.O. Scott?
This is another term for movie lover.
What is a cinephile?
These two unions have been on strike for the last few months. One has recently been settled while the other is still ongoing.
Who are SAG-AFTRA and WGA?
This consists of communities built around a shared enjoyment of an aspect of popular culture, a participatory culture surrounding a similar interest, and fans acting as consumers and producers.
What is fandom?
A film that belongs to the counterculture and challenges the mainstream.
What is a cult classic?
According to A.O. Scott, this recent development in the film industry encourages passive viewing.
What is streaming?
Reality T.V., Soap Operas, and children's cartoons are all consider to be a part of this type of cinema.
What is low-brow cinema?
This union recently settled their strike.
Who is WGA?
This is the name of the TV Series that LeBlanc used to model your summative fandom project.
What is Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
This cult classic was so successful that it was remade, shot-for-shot, with James Franco starring as the lead, originally played by Tommy Wiseau.
What is The Room?
Scott views the fandom of this franchise as "obedient and conformist."
What is Marvel?
Oscar-winning films, art-house, and indie films are all considered to be a part of this category which determines the artistic value of the film.
This is the acronym used to represent the conglomerate of studios and producers in Hollywood.
Who is the AMPTP?
Making an analysis video and posting it on Youtube, creating a sign, recreating a mask of their favorite character, and making a spin-off comic with the characters from the film are all examples of this.
What is a fan acting as a producer and/or engaging in participatory culture?
This is the purpose of the documentary, Best Worst Movie: The Making of Trolls II.
What is to show how film, fandom, and community can transform the value of art?
A.O. Scott believes we've been in this type of glut which "sucks up all the oxygen" and leaves no room for indie or art-house films.
What is a superhero glut?
This is another name for low-brow cinema.
What is pulp?
These are the three major demands coming from the striking unions.
What are streaming network transparency, protections against AI, and a shift in residuals from flat rate to a percentage based on popularity?
This is a one way of Film Fandoms proving their credibility.
What is intertextuality?
When fans made video games, masks of the goblins, created Trolls II Olympics, and hosted screenings, this was an example of this aspect of fandom.
What is participatory culture?
According to A.O. Scott, this is the purpose of film criticism.
What is to challenge the audience to step out of their comfort zone?
One means your personal opinion and the other means there is no-bais, and a film's worth is evaluated based on a pre-established set of standards.
What is subjective and objective?
This production company is one of the only major studios to be granted a strike waiver for agreeing to all the demands of the actors and writers.
Who is A24?