Data Scraping | Interactive Art & Computational Design, Spring 2015

In the year 2005, stay at home mother Stephanie Meyer published the first book in a series that would quickly become a global phenomenon. Twilight — the word, the vampire connotation, the fandoms — has swept the world like a fungal disease (only with less fungus).

Fan culture is something I am very interested in, and I thought it would be revealing to see how the fandom, more specifically the “Team Edward” cult associated with the series, has evolved.

Before the release of the movie in 2008, the series had already become a sensation, but on sites like youtube, fans were limited without movie clips to create Twilight content with.

For the project, I scraped Youtube videos with the keyword “Team Edward” from both before and after 2008 (the release date of the first movie) to see how the Edward fandom has progressed.

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Currently, I am playing with the idea of either taking elements of these pre/post Twilight Movie videos and splicing them together to create one super video.

Another idea I had was to order these videos by length or similarity in title and playing them side by side.

Screen Shot 2015-01-26 at 11.52.30 PM Screen Shot 2015-01-26 at 11.48.49 PM (Team Edward Video Pre-2008) (Team Edward Video Post-2008)

Info for pre-2008 Videos:

“channelTitle”: “alyandaj1010”,
“description”: “This is a Jonas Brothers S.O.S. Please come before the Year 3000. I’ll Hold On for just A Little Bit Longer. Youre my One Man Show. When I see you I’m going …”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/6zy1d7JiVCByOg-PNykGOA/1.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “ElvenWolf91”,
“liveBroadcastContent”: “none”

“title”: “teamedward”,
“description”: “”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/w9EgiXpz9GtaRTXZ5X6igQ/1.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “teamedward”,

“title”: “I Dislike Jacob Black! Team Edward Cullen!!!!”,
“description”: “i really dont likfe jacob black! some of you make hate mail me or say crap but ur not gonna change whats been already done! Jacob Black is an annoying puppy …”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hnVPcCEQk9w/default.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “leftxmyxspritxcoldx”,

“title”: “dora1569”,
“description”: “I love Michael jackson he is so awsome i would love to have meet him in person.”,

“title”: “MsLissy”,
“description”: “”,
“thumbnails”: {
“default”: {
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/aP3FA2SRKFTUdv7qwS8QVA/1.jpg”

“title”: “EDWARDCULLENSOFiNE”,
“description”: “”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/tRC5LZkzwTdk3RHuT4_Wzw/1.jpg”

“title”: “idefixy7”,
“description”: “”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/iZ4atcUSQXFQuNub3cOMeA/1.jpg”

“title”: “GaaraGourd21”,
“description”: “Hello, I’m , Noah. I’m a fashion addict! You may know my sister FruitsBasketIsCute, a.k.a. FB-Chan. If you like her than you’ll love me! X3 I’m always open t…”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/wB8vqjpxaF4-fsoEMIAPUw/1.jpg”

“title”: “0Luna0uchiha0”,
“description”: “º¤ø„¸¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º°¨ ¨°º¤ø„¸ ♥Adam♥ ¸„ø¤º°¨copy and paste ¸„ø¤º°¨ ♥Lambert♥ `°º¤ø„¸if you think Adam ¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º°¨¨°º¤ø„¸¨°º¤ø„ is the BeSt!! Its a Mad Wor…”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/3JowzzFrVii0m6wNxh8now/1.jpg”

“channelId”: “UCRX2Yra_JsyESZF8bHzN0aQ”,
“title”: “Twilight Team Edward, Team Jacob, and Team Bella? Spoiler Alert!”,
“description”: “Twilight Team Edward Team Jacob and Team Bella? Music: http://freeplaymusic.com (c)2008 DuskTilDawnFilms.”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zPOdZQTAyQU/default.jpg”

“title”: “Team Jacob and Team Edward Breaking Dawn Party Merritt Books”,
“description”: “Team Jacob and Team Edward Breaking Dawn Party Merritt Bookstore Millbrook August 1, 2008. Which team won? Great shirts made with metalic paint.”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6oCN83EOoEY/default.jpg”

“title”: “omgjoeishot”,
“description”: “Guess what? I’m going back to Camp!! I can’t wait! I’m gonna have more videos and I’ll post the actual show this year if I’m lucky!Videos probably won’t be r…”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/4qMPWKtiyqceoV53cLV9Pg/1.jpg”

“channelId”: “UCILXMyrprqJuUJFWftFwPEw”,
“title”: “jerseygirlpeacelover”,
“description”: “dance chica!!!! funky, punky style!!!!! wacky, fun, weird !!!!! :) :) :):) im a dancer i dance with dancenergy i have 2 scholarships ! TWILIGHT SAGA!!!!!!! i…”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/ILXMyrprqJuUJFWftFwPEw/1.jpg”

“title”: “allisson56”,
“description”: “hey there; my name is allisson(lol) i live by the east coast i love TWILIGHT AND THE REST OF THE BOOKS OF COURSE I AM 100%(EVEN MORE) TEAM …”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/vP0FkgY1Pz9KSdb7lEYSqg/1.jpg”

“title”: “Team Edward or Jacob. *SPOILERS*”,
“description”: “This is a video I made so you can vote for which team you are on in Twilight. If you are neutral or really don’t care, you can be Switzerland. Cast your vote…”,

“channelId”: “UCEoxzcSQxY3TvIklNG2V4Mg”,
“title”: “Team Edward Forever – Edward Cullen Fans”,
“description”: “So… one day… I decided I FINALLY did want to make a video. and of course, i did it on Edward Cullen :D I love him (: It is dedicated to all of the Edward…”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dAScmHnL9Vs/default.jpg”

“title”: “twilightvampiregirl”,
“description”: “i’m 12 years old and i love twilight!!!!! and new moon and eclipse!!!! and the host!!!!! and no doubt!!!!!! i saw stephenie meyer on may 20th and it was amaz…”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/NFzxf7Hj8gk3UwKr2f6R8w/1.jpg”

“title”: “Team Edward or Team Jacob?”,
“description”: “Team Edward or Team Jacob? which side are u on?”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y7WQ2V9rYUM/default.jpg”

“title”: “Team Edward!!!”,
“description”: “This is a sample of Team Edward (aka fans of Stephenie Meyer’s gorgeous vampire Edward Cullen). Edward and Bella is TRUE LOVE! :D.”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0w7eIfMPAEY/default.jpg”

“title”: “Team Jacob vs. Team Edward”,
“description”: “this was some of the debate for team edward and team jacob at the breaking dawn release party!”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H6HvOxfgaHs/default.jpg”

“title”: “Team Edward~Edward & Bella~A Love Story”,
“description”: “Fan-vid for Twilight Saga. Team Edward!”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rhBdSpH01fw/default.jpg”

“title”: “Twilight Collab : TEAM EDWARD!”,
“description”: “Don’t forget to check out little miss vintageortackys Team Jacob look! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4EE40-qy3Y I used : NYX jumbo pencil in Pots & Pans …”,

“title”: “Twilight Team Edward or Team Jacob?”,
“description”: “this is my first movie so it’s pretty bad. i didnt make or draw any of the pictures exept the one with Edward and the diamonds. the song is ‘its not just mak…”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ik9LkYHaHP4/default.jpg”

“title”: “Shelbell99”,
“description”: “Thanks for visting my channel! Feel free to check out my videos and to subscribe! I am more busy now so you won’t really get new vidoes from me, but I will t…”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/zl8V5XRmKeXLRYFHuoZGjg/1.jpg”

“title”: “mrsorlando33”,
“description”: “Crazy? No…. Crazy about Twilight? YES. ~*♫`~*♫`~*♫`~*♫`~*♫`~*♫`~*♫`~ * When life hands u lemons, throw them back and yell \”I WANT ROBERT …”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/1U7ysJ583p2SuAn5MySAmQ/1.jpg”

“title”: “venus344”,
“description”: “90% percent of teens would have a breakdown if miley cyrus, was standing on the edge of a tower ready to jump, copy and paste if your in the 10% that would y.”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/2A7-uGoma3Mk9JHZNgb6ig/hq1.jpg”

“channelId”: “UCsMffDp8VFLh36t7T02IRpg”,
“title”: “alyandaj1010”,
“description”: “Edward♥Bella TEAM EDWARD ! ╔═╗ Edward Cullen is my …”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/sMffDp8VFLh36t7T02IRpg/1.jpg”

“channelTitle”: “ElvenWolf91”,
“title”: “teamedward”,
“description”: “”,
“channelTitle”: “teamedward”,

“title”: “I Dislike Jacob Black! Team Edward Cullen!!!!”,
“description”: “i really dont likfe jacob black! some of you make hate mail me or say crap but ur not gonna change whats been already done! Jacob Black is an annoying puppy …”,
“thumbnails”: {
“default”: {
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hnVPcCEQk9w/default.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “leftxmyxspritxcoldx”,

“title”: “dora1569”,
“description”: “I love Michael jackson he is so awsome i would love to have meet him in
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/rExsR66K4HGSVt-VNoVhzw/1.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “dora1569”,

“title”: “MsLissy”,
“description”: “”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/aP3FA2SRKFTUdv7qwS8QVA/1.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “MsLissy”,

“title”: “TeamEdwardCullen”,
“description”: “Team Edward Cullen v. Team Jacob Black To Join Team Edward Cullen (TEC): 1) Subscribe to me to keep updated with information about the movie, books, etc.”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/fIOikEGRBDh9y81LZP3o7A/1.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “TeamEdwardCullen”,

“title”: “outsidersarah101”,
“description”: “FAV GREASERS IN ORDER: -PONYBOY CURTIS -SODAPOP CURTIS -JOHNNY CADE -DALLAS WINSTON -TWOBIT MATTHEWS(Im soo sorry i forgot how to …”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/h2qMmmXFFF3bKqsJ8UmNcw/1.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “outsidersarah101”,

“title”: “EDWARDCULLENSOFiNE”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/tRC5LZkzwTdk3RHuT4_Wzw/1.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “EDWARDCULLENSOFiNE”,

“title”: “idefixy7”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/iZ4atcUSQXFQuNub3cOMeA/1.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “idefixy7”,

“title”: “Twilight Team Edward, Team Jacob, and Team Bella? Spoiler Alert!”,
“description”: “Twilight Team Edward Team Jacob and Team Bella? Music: http://freeplaymusic.com (c)2008 DuskTilDawnFilms.”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zPOdZQTAyQU/default.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “DuskTilDawnFilms”,

“title”: “omgjobros”,
“description”: “http://youtube.com/stream?u=omgjobros&i=0 im agianst team jacob jk btw my new website is www.gofish4fun.webs.com.”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/8dexLoXyQHB-Ks5yxPaf1Q/mq1.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “omgjobros”,
“title”: “Team Jacob and Team Edward Breaking Dawn Party Merritt Books”,
“description”: “Team Jacob and Team Edward Breaking Dawn Party Merritt Bookstore Millbrook August 1, 2008. Which team won? Great shirts made with metalic paint.”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6oCN83EOoEY/mqdefault.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “MerrittBookstore”,

“title”: “jerseygirlpeacelover”,
“description”: “dance chica!!!! funky, punky style!!!!! wacky, fun, weird !!!!! :) :) :):) im a dancer i dance with dancenergy i have 2 scholarships ! TWILIGHT SAGA!!!!!!! i…”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/ILXMyrprqJuUJFWftFwPEw/1.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “jerseygirlpeacelover”,
“title”: “allisson56”,
“description”: “hey there; my name is allisson(lol) i live by the east coast i love TWILIGHT AND THE REST OF THE BOOKS OF COURSE I AM 100%(EVEN MORE) TEAM …”,
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/vP0FkgY1Pz9KSdb7lEYSqg/mq1.jpg”
“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/i/vP0FkgY1Pz9KSdb7lEYSqg/hq1.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “allisson56”,

“url”: “https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dP91Oop-LsY/hqdefault.jpg”
“channelTitle”: “theLionandtheLamb500”,

Github Link:

https://github.com/LValley/Twi-Finder

Interactive Art & Computational Design, Spring 2015

An Advanced Studio in Arts Engineering and Freestyle Computing // Prof. Golan Levin, Carnegie Mellon University

LValley

27 Jan 2015