| Amefuri's Short
Useful Note On Videofiles and Songfics:
Here and there, on this page, there are references
made to
something called a "videofile." On occasion, people have mentioned
that
"it's not a story" or been similarly confused about their purpose.
Likewise, there has been a confusion between videofiles and songfics.
Here, therefore, is a short little definition of their meanings in the
Joh-Luri-Kai.
SONGFIC:
A piece of fanfiction written based on some song
or other. WhiteCat has a number of them. Luriko-Ysabeth has one that's
taking her forever to write. When she finishes "Sounds of Silence," she
shall put it up here. They often include the lyrics, here and there,
so one can see what inspired which.
VIDEOFILE:
Also
referred to as a videoclip, this is a description
of the music video you'd
make if you owned the studio and the rights to
everything involved. While
a videofile can tell a story, just as a song
can tell a story, they are
not stories per se. What they are
is a very enjoyable
descriptive exercise and an attempt to share the images
which go through a
particular writer's head with other people who like
the same things -- and
isn't that what fanworks are all about? |