This is a terrific lecture from one of the most important thinkers/lawyers/activists today--also has written some good books.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Lethem's Ecstasy of Influence
Be sure to read this week's linked article, because it is awesome. A remixed essay on remix culture, full of great ways to rethink copyright and culture at large.
From Harper's Magazine, which itself is a great remixed source through its digest and excerpted articles.
From Harper's Magazine, which itself is a great remixed source through its digest and excerpted articles.
Troops!
For any of you who have read chapter four in Convergence Culture, this is the independent film made Kevin Rubio called Troops. It's a parody of the Stormtroopers from Star Wars acting like police officers from the TV show Cops. It's pretty funny, and shows the kind of fan convergence that Jenkins is trying to explain to us.
Looking at the true meaning behind Little Jack Horner’s’ nursery rhyme we found that, Little Jack Horner was a Stewart to Richard Whiting, the Bishop of Glastonburg. It is said that during the 1500’s valuables were hidden in bizarre foods to trick thieves. In the nursery rhyme a fruit, the “plum” is used to symbolize a deed, which was included in one of the twelve pies sent out by Bishop Whiting to bribe the King. It just so happens that Little Jack wound up with the pie which had the deed to the Manor of Wells in it. It is not know whether Little Jack stole the pie or if it was given to him as a gift for helping convict the Bishop for treason against Rome. However, after receiving the deed it is said that Little Jack Horner and his family lived in the estate until the 20th century.
When choosing present day pictures for our comic strip we looked into a product which has been around for years but just recently turned into a hit As seen on T.V product, the “Snuggie”. We all know what a Snuggie is but let me remind you again, it’s a robe turned around, and instead of wrapping your front side it wraps around your back side. Whoever thought of turning a robe around was a “smart boy” and probably made a million dollars off his or her idea.
With this in mind we found a picture of a homeless man sitting on a street corner with what appears to be a robe turned around backwards on. In the next slide we found a picture of a man eating a pie matching up to the second line in our rhyme. Our third slide shows a set of three pictures, one being a man with his thumb down, next a pie, and lastly a plum illustrating that Little Jack put his thumb down in a pie and what did he find …a plum! Our last comic picture used was Ocho-Cinco a famous football player wearing a snuggie and holding the box it comes in with stacks of money displayed on both sides of him.
In our comic our plum was the product we know as a snuggie. We used this product because just like Little Jack he benefited by the deed he found in the pie. For our comic strip we were hoping to provide evidence that the homeless man benefited by marketing the robe he was wearing backwards as the As Seen on T.V product Snuggie.
Rand Clark, Liz Warden, Jon Maybee, Mike
When choosing present day pictures for our comic strip we looked into a product which has been around for years but just recently turned into a hit As seen on T.V product, the “Snuggie”. We all know what a Snuggie is but let me remind you again, it’s a robe turned around, and instead of wrapping your front side it wraps around your back side. Whoever thought of turning a robe around was a “smart boy” and probably made a million dollars off his or her idea.
With this in mind we found a picture of a homeless man sitting on a street corner with what appears to be a robe turned around backwards on. In the next slide we found a picture of a man eating a pie matching up to the second line in our rhyme. Our third slide shows a set of three pictures, one being a man with his thumb down, next a pie, and lastly a plum illustrating that Little Jack put his thumb down in a pie and what did he find …a plum! Our last comic picture used was Ocho-Cinco a famous football player wearing a snuggie and holding the box it comes in with stacks of money displayed on both sides of him.
In our comic our plum was the product we know as a snuggie. We used this product because just like Little Jack he benefited by the deed he found in the pie. For our comic strip we were hoping to provide evidence that the homeless man benefited by marketing the robe he was wearing backwards as the As Seen on T.V product Snuggie.
Rand Clark, Liz Warden, Jon Maybee, Mike
The Evolution of Remix Culture
This is an excellent "mini-lecture" on remix culture, particularly the social functions of remix, that ultimately can be limited by copyright management. Talks about a series of remix videos made to Phoenix's "Lisztomania". May be a guest lecture in class this week.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Chinese Democracy vs. The Office
Here's an example of something from The Office that makes absolutely no sense unless you have spent a LOT of time watching content on their web site, regardless whether or not you watch the show. I personally find a lot of their online content tedious.
Yankee Doodle
LAUREN SMITH
MARCUS HAMMONDS
GERZAIN PERALTA
OUR NURSERY RHYME WAS, "YANKEE DOODLE". THE RHYME WAS USE BY BRITISH MILITARY FOR MOCKING THE YANKEE SOLDIERS AND MAKE FUN OF THEM.
WE DECIDED TO DO A FUNNY TAKE ON OUR SLIDE SHOW, AND TO FOLLOW THE LYRICS BY USING VARIOUS PICTURES THAT ARE SELF EXPLANATORY. WHEN WE HEARD THE YANKEE DOODLE RHYME, THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MIND TO REPRESENT IT WAS THE NEW YORK YANKEES, SO WE DECIDED TO USE DEREK JETER AS THE MAIN FOCUS OF OUR SLIDE SHOW. WE USE DIFFERENT PICTURES OF DEREK JETER THOUGH OUT THE SLIDE SHOW IN ORDER TO REPRESENT EVERY SENTENCE ON THE RHYME AS WELL AS OTHER VISUAL ELEMENTS TO GET OUR POINT ACROSS. WE BELIEVE IS VERY FUNNY AND THAT IT COULD BE EASILY BE IDENTIFIED WITHOUT EVEN HEARING OR SEEING THE LYRICS.
MARCUS HAMMONDS
GERZAIN PERALTA
OUR NURSERY RHYME WAS, "YANKEE DOODLE". THE RHYME WAS USE BY BRITISH MILITARY FOR MOCKING THE YANKEE SOLDIERS AND MAKE FUN OF THEM.
WE DECIDED TO DO A FUNNY TAKE ON OUR SLIDE SHOW, AND TO FOLLOW THE LYRICS BY USING VARIOUS PICTURES THAT ARE SELF EXPLANATORY. WHEN WE HEARD THE YANKEE DOODLE RHYME, THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MIND TO REPRESENT IT WAS THE NEW YORK YANKEES, SO WE DECIDED TO USE DEREK JETER AS THE MAIN FOCUS OF OUR SLIDE SHOW. WE USE DIFFERENT PICTURES OF DEREK JETER THOUGH OUT THE SLIDE SHOW IN ORDER TO REPRESENT EVERY SENTENCE ON THE RHYME AS WELL AS OTHER VISUAL ELEMENTS TO GET OUR POINT ACROSS. WE BELIEVE IS VERY FUNNY AND THAT IT COULD BE EASILY BE IDENTIFIED WITHOUT EVEN HEARING OR SEEING THE LYRICS.
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