Remix Resources

We were assigned to watch at least two videos detailing what remixing and mashing up is all about. None of them really interested me that much, or immediately caught my eye, until I saw the Disney video. It was a video all about the definition of copyright and implications of it in the public and such. It was a really cool video because it used sooo many (probably close to 50 or something.. let’s be honest.. it’s probably way more) different clips from Disney movies to tell a story about copyright. I really liked how it flowed pretty easily between all of the clips and how they came from a variety of different movies.

The second video I watched was entitled Everything Is a Remix: The Song Remains the Same. It talks about how everything surrounding is a remix of something else that has already happened. He uses this idea and portrays it through songs, specifically focusing on Led Zeppelin, and how they remixed songs from the past (some even as close as 3 years before they released a song) but didn’t give due credit to it’s orginial producers.

After reviewing these resources, I have come to find that remix is found everywhere and can be used in all different sorts of forms. I do believe this is a creative form because people have to “rethink” things or “remix” it and change it so it portrays something different or represents something else, whether it be similar or entirely different. As for the entities that retain copyrights over the media forms that are remixed, I think this is right and legal and fair. They created the original piece and copyrighted it so therefore any work that is done to remix THEIR original piece should be under their legal ownership.

Remix Examples

I looked at three examples of remixes that had been done by previous students. The first one I watched was the Buffy vs. Edward Cullen Twilight remix. I loved this one! It was so funny because the person did a really great job of intermixing different scenes from each show and made it into a new, original scene. It flows really well and this person did a great job mixing the two different things together.

Next, I watched the Don’t Tase Me Bro/MC Hammer remix video. It’s really funny because my friend had recently shown me this video of the student that shouts “Don’t tase me bro!” at police officers. So I really enjoyed how this person transitioned between the song and scenes from this video. It was a great mix of a music video and a news story.

Lastly, I watched one of the music videos that formed literal interpretations of the lyrics. I watched “Girlfriend” by Avril Lavigne and thought it was funny how this video, along with Rebecca Black’s “Friday” that I also watched, had interpretated what the person was doing in the video. I thought they were going to literally interpret the lyrics, but this was interesting anyways.