Monday, October 8, 2012

Youtube Elves

Most of the videos of elves were manipulations of official media. I found a lot of images from movies and video games curated to different songs. I did find a few videos of people explaining how to catch elves or going on an elf sightseeing adventure. These were often long with the narrator's dressed as elves. One video didn't even have the correct information about elves and kept going on about unicorns.

However, many of the images with music videos were well done. Most images I found were from Lord of the Rings, Elf, World of Warcraft, Warcraft, and Lineage. Often the music expressed the fan's opinions about elves. In this first example, the fan seemed to like elves as the music and video both show the stronger and better characteristics of elves.


This next example is a parody of elves, combining a song that mocks tights with images of elves from Lord of the Rings. While the fan may still like elves, the video mocks them as pretty boys.


These videos affect the elven culture as fans express their opinions and devotions. Videos, such as the first example, will only attract more fans and increase the loyalty of the genre in video games. Videos like the second will bring in the LOTR fans to the elven fan base. And both these videos  exemplify characteristics of elves that so many of the fans like: awesome fighting ability, magical powers, and attractive appearances. As the beloved features are emphasized in the media, it'll only create more fans and a higher devotion.

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