Gravity

Vid
Title:	Gravity
Creator:	VeritasProductions
Date:	November 14, 2009
Format:	digital vid
Length:	4:03 min
Music:	Sara Bareilles
Genre:	het
Fandom:	Community
Footage:	Season 1 of Community
URL:	Gravity at Youtube
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Gravity is a het vid by Veritas724 for the Annie/Jeff relationship from the Community Fandom.

As of October 14 2013, the video has more than 172,400 views.

Fandom

This is an important vid for this fandom due to the fact that in the next season - Season 2 episode 21 ("Paradigms of Human Memory"), it's one example of fanac that has been incorporated within canon. A scene parodies the fanvid by using the same song, and the same look of the video. The creator Dan Harmon explicitly states that he did it as a homage, and not an insult to the fans due to the fact that a lot of confusion happened after the scene aired; some didn't know that it was a tribute to a real fanvid and others felt it was mocking the Annie/Jeff shippers. However, Harmon defended the scene against the accusations by saying he spent $30,000 of out of pocket money to pay for use of the same song.

"Everybody...kind of assumed we were taking a big crap on the shippers because they're very sensitive, they're very defensive. It's like, do you think that I would put this much work and money into something if I wasn't saying I love you?"

Since the scene from the episode shows various scenes of Annie and Jeff together not scene before; all of them brand new at the time, it gives more clips for other vidders to use.

Vidder's Note

"Gravity by Sara Bareilles // NBC's Community

IF YOU'RE NOT WATCHING COMMUNITY GO WATCH IT NOW.

Yes, this IS the video that Dan Harmon paid homage to in 2.21 "Paradigms of Human Memory." He explicitly stated that it wasn't an insult, so please don't leave gleeful comments about how much the writers must hate me."

Resources

• Gravity at Community Wiki