rhetorical reflection (⸝⸝> ᴗ•⸝⸝)
The intended readers/audience of my message would be young adults who grew up familiar with internet culture and specifically liked animated shows. For ASU specifically, I would target people who are into pop/digital culture, and students who major in arts or in psychology/media communications. Because of the rising influence of the internet, this topic could bring a lot to observe!
I want this message to shed light on the editing community and praise them for their work, while also appreciating their talents and how they have shaped a lot of perspectives when it comes to how fandoms thrive. I want people to look at editors and edits from a different angle, and how these seemingly simple seconds-long edits could sometimes change the fundamentals of how a fandom remembers their content.
My message belongs to a more relaxed style of communication while still staying professional and educational. Since I'm utilizing Tumblr as a blog website, I want to adapt to their aesthetic style/layout and their posting format to therefore blend in my fandom likeness and my educational goals! I think this is a great way for people (especially the audience I cater my work to) to ingest and process what I have to say and the points I want to make to them, and it brings an aspect of fun that I feel a basic website would definitely lack. By using cute GIFs and emojis, I can draw in the audience more because of those tiny yet intentional details. It allows more life and customization to the topic because I'm specifically choosing things that would be relevant and would look pretty on the page overall.
What I'm saying is important now because, as the internet evolves, so do we as fans and creators. It's very fascinating to see how video edits have changed as well, and it is a clear indicator of the growth in generations and the differences in how we consume content or what we were used to seeing. Personally, I always loved transition edits or video edits of my favorite shows. I watched them grow from simple AMVs (anime/animated music videos) to full-blown and complex works. It's so cool to see how one thing stays constant across fandoms: there will always be fans who yearn for amazing video edits to remember and glorify their favorite things.
For context, Miraculous Ladybug has been running for a long time, and recently, a new season was released. The episodes come out weekly, and the animation has changed companies, therefore giving the show a completely new look. The ending of season 5 was something that long-time fans had been waiting years and years for, and it brought a lot of conclusions to many older fans. Upon seeing the show and its new content/storylines, it made me feel nostalgic for the earlier seasons of MLB. I remember theorizing with other fans too, wondering what the ending would be, if there would be a reveal of their identities, or if our favorite couple would be endgame. Now that there's a genuine "ending" to that era and the beginning of a new one, it made me realize how the video edits were bound to change too-- it made me think back on my favorite time period as a fan and the edits back in 2017-2019 when Instagram edits were their own separate genre because of how influential it was. The show also had its own feeling then, in which now I do feel that it's different (which isn't necessarily good or bad, it's all opinion-based).
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I've immensely enjoyed researching and working on this project! I hope you've learned something new, or feel interested in learning more! This community and fandom mean a lot to me, and I can only hope that I did my beloved video edits and editors justice in bringing the spotlight to them and appreciating what they've helped build!
