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The Fault in Our Stars: Fandom Project Allison Williams November 21 st , 2014 COMM 326

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The Fault in Our Stars:Fandom Project

Allison Williams

November 21st, 2014

COMM 326

Overview of Presentation

• Background of both the book and the movie

• Demographics targeted

• Language or Jargon of the Fandom

• A Fandom within a Fandom?

• Fan Artwork

• Fandom Communication

“My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations” • The Fault in Our Stars is the sixth novel

from author, John Green.

• The novel follows the love story of two cancer stricken teenagers: Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters

• Framing and the “master narrative”

• During its first few months of publication it spent its time on the best sellers list of the New York Times, Wall Street Today, and US today.

• Time Magazine’s #1 Fiction book of 2012

“I fell in love the way you fall asleep, slowly and then all at once.”• The film adaption was released on June

6th, 2014 from 21st Century Fox

• The Fault in Our Stars two main leads are Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort

• During the first weekend of its release, TFIOS opened to huge sales of over 48.2 million dollars (Deadline.com)

• The film’s release edged of Tom Cruise’s summer release, Edge of Tomorrow (Deadline.com)

“It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.”

• Forbes Magazine highlights that TFIOS appeals directly to women• Disrupts normal Hollywood Rules

• Hollywood Reporter stats:• Opened to an audience of 82% women

• Nearly 80% of the audience were women under the age of 25• Twilight was ranked at 55%

• The film received this kind of exposure due to the success of the book• Rested on the top of the bestsellers list for 130 weeks, 13 at number one

• Of those who saw the film, half of them had read the book

• Minimal Effects Theory

“Maybe okay will be our always.”

• Okay? Okay.

• Some infinities are bigger than other infinities.

• It’s a metaphor

• That’s the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.

• Fandom Name? • Little Infinities Galaxy

• Fans name?• Side Effects• #FaultFanatics

“Hazel Grace, tell me I have not reached the end of the book!”• An interview with John Green

revealed TFIOS is a fandom within a fandom• An Imperial Affliction • Hazel and Gus’ obsession• Origins of the TFIOS

• “It's also about what it means to be infatuated with a work of literature, a feeling with which the members of the audience at the screening were clearly familiar.”

“I want to leave a mark.”

• Continuum of a Fan

• Fandom Artwork• Prosumers

• Personal accounts of the film’s star Ansel Elgort and author John Green highlight fan’s artwork

• Fanfiction

• Etsy

• Replications of Okay? Okay. are EVERYWHERE

“OKAY? OKAY.”

“It’s a metaphor.”

• Active Audiences

• Film’s Instagram account• Little Infinities Bracelets

• Facebook

• Tumblr

• Youtube• Most viewed or liked Youtube

Trailer to date

• #TFIOS • 3.8 million Twitter mentions• 2.5 million Twitter followers

“Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom.”• The famous bench from one of

the most note scenes in the film went missing in July 2014

• Officials can’t be sure if it was locals tired of the hustle and bustle

• But most likely it was the result of overzealous superfans

• Returned to its home on the Amsterdam street a few days later• Gus takes a trip back to

Amsterdam

I do, Augustus, I do.

References

• Busch, A. (2014, June 8). BOX OFFICE: 'The Fault In Our Stars' Slides Hard Saturday But Still Phenom $48M ; 'Edge Of Tomorrow' Won't Break $30M And Bows At No. 3. Retrieved November 17, 2014, from http://deadline.com/2014/06/box-office-the-fault-in-our-stars-astronomical-opening-knocks-tom-cruise-off-edge-of-tomorrow-741800/

• McClintock, P. (2014, June 8). How 'Fault in Our Stars' Mobilized Teens to Topple Tom Cruise (Analysis) - Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 17, 2014, from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-fault-stars-mobilized-teens-710123

• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - Penguin Books USA. (2012). Retrieved November 18, 2014, from http://www.penguin.com/book/the-fault-in-our-stars-by-john-green/9780525478812

• Strecker, E. (2014, July 1). The ‘Fault in Our Stars’ bench in Amsterdam is missing | EW.com. Retrieved November 18, 2014, from http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/07/01/the-fault-in-our-stars-bench-in-amsterdam-is-missing/

• Zuckerman, E. (2014, May 6). 'The Fault in Our Stars' Author John Green on Fandom and His Favorite YA Romances. Retrieved November 18, 2014, from http://www.thewire.com/entertainment/2014/05/the-fault-in-our-stars-author-john-green/361732/

References - Pictures

• http://youthopia.in/you/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/The-Fault-in-Our-Stars.jpg

• http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1470735/thumbs/o-THE-FAULT-IN-OUR-STARS-facebook.jpg

• http://www.robshep.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/fault-in-our-stars-movie-poster-full-copy.jpg

• http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/37000000/Augustus-and-Hazel-the-fault-in-our-stars-37044769-854-460.png

• https://41.media.tumblr.com/b64f643f0755d5e86fc13646f7d3463e/tumblr_n674ymrzRx1s33buyo1_r1_500.png

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• https://www.tumblr.com/search/the+fault+in+our+stars

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• http://www.alittlecraftinyourday.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/719a64b8634eeaba95b0404ff33595b8.jpg

• http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hSR7Kd182UQ/UbndfZSI6rI/AAAAAAAAAfI/uNyCsz7b-TU/s1600/TFIOS+TOMS+2.jpg

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