fancam en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Etymology
From fan + cam.
Meanings
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(qualifier:chiefly South Korean idol fandom) Amateur film footage of a celebrity taken unofficially by a fan.
In addition to the live coverage on TV, YouTube, and various news and entertainment websites, countless short clips edited for maximum virality have circulated on Instagram and TikTok — “fancams,” in social media parlance, featuring forensic analyses of Mr. Depp’s and Ms. Heard’s trial attire, and courtroom exchanges that have been described as “SAVAGE.”
2022 April 29, Ezra Marcus, “Johnny Depp Case Brings Stan Culture Into the Courtroom”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:EXID's Hani has made a splash with her fancam in 2014 and is now regarded as one of the hottest female idol stars.
2018, UK Jung, #KpopSecret:A smorgasbord of extras enable the Beastie fiend to view the concert from other, remote-controlled cameras and jump in and out of different fancams, even accompanying one concertgoer on a trip to the bog.
2006, Mojo, numbers 154-157:He didn't seem tired when he was onstage, but Jin-woo had seen a number of backstage videos and some candid shots, not to mention fancams following Ki-tae everywhere, where Ki-tae just looked exhausted. Did Vampires get exhausted?
2019, E. T. Malinowski, Night Kiss:
- (broadly) An edit which incorporates fancams.
- (slang) An edit, such as an AMV, which features clips from a piece of media, generally surrounding a single character.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fancams | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
es fancam (footage) · ar فان كام (footage) · cmn 飯拍 /饭拍 (footage) · ja チッケム (footage) · ar فانكام (footage) · ko 직캠 (footage)