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Critical Remix Video is a genre that postures itself in a realm of transformative guerilla media production with the intent to subvert dominant media messages. Through re-cutting and re-framing fragments appropriated from mainstream sources and popular culture, the works aim to provide alternative perspectives and provoke discourse through the viral public exchange platform of YouTube.
The following works constitute a fair-use of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US copyright law. Videos are licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-3.0 License, permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution. Information regarding fair-use at the Center for Social Media: http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org.
The late Gene Wilder, an advocate against the proliferation of profanity and vulgarity perpetuated by the Hollywood machine, would no doubt also be against the offensive landscape of our every day lives. Wilder takes us through a kaleidoscopic view of contemporary US crises that we wish were just our imagination: discreditable presidential candidates, political party tensions, social unrest, racial riots, drone warfare, and the havoc of international bloodshed.
J. K. Simmons' appearance in the 2015 Terminator Genisys film inspired the following remix series. His appearance seemed appropriate, as the film featured numerous damaging and destructive scenes that jeopardized lives, businesses, automobiles, and more. Footage was cut alongside familiar Farmers Insurance commercial dialogue and jingle.
The remix juxtaposes Tom Jone's 1971 classic hit "She's a Lady" with former UFC Champ Ronda Rousey footage from interviews, Showtime promotion specials, and what was captured on camera during the The Ultimate Fighter Season 18, where women premiered as contenders for the first time. The song highlights a humorous and simultaneously critical juxtaposition between the strong/lethal female celebrity icon against past tropes regarding female delicacy, domesticity, and decency outlined in the lyrics.
The film Step Brothers (2008) was revisited in order to acquire footage utilized to generate this Remix. This Remix continues the conversation on DMCA, Fair Use, and Open Video issues, in correspondance with the predecessor remix: WHAT?! DMCA Violation (Step Brothers Remix).
Here, a DMCA Agent crashes a meeting and gets an appropriate welcome by Open Video and Fair Use representatives. This work exists as an avocation and trailer for the Open Video Conference in New York on 10.1-2.10.
Sigourney Weaver is represented as a female power icon in pop culture, though several roles from her filmography epitomize Mulvey's notion of the Male Gaze, whereby Weaver is objectified and sexualized in the character personas she portrays. The iconic horror narrator John Newland draws public attention to the discord between Weaver's selective recollection and her actual cinematic record. The resulting juxtaposing cinematic montage highlights her career of conflicting character personas.
In a reaction to the UCSB charging D'Alessandro with a first-time DMCA violation, this remix utilizes footage from Step Brothers (2008) and screen shots of the internet ban placed on D'Alessandro's computer. UCSB declared D’Alessandro’s endeavors in acquiring and utilizing copyrighted source materials for creating remixes an “offense” that violates the university’s Terms of Services, disregarding that her work is an instance of Fair-Use.
This remix addresses the environmental crisis of worldwide water shortage that is destroying the earth and leaving the poor without access to a common life-sustaining resource. Appropriated clips aims to expose how corporations are maneuvering to convert this critical world resource into a profitable commodity - namely in the form of golf courses. Currently, there are over 32,000 golf courses worldwide, with CA leadoing the nation as one of the leading golf course-congested states in the US.
Recent Video remix that utilizes film footage from The Ten Commandments (1956), offering an alternative perspective on Moses as the Messiah of Fair Use. This work also exists as an avocation and trailer for Public Knowledge's First Annual World's Fair Use Day that was held in Washington, DC on 1.12.10. For more information, see: http://worldsfairuseday.org
Recent Video remix that utilizes film footage from The Ten Commandments (1956), offering an alternative perspective on Moses as the Messiah of Fair Use. This work also exists as an avocation and trailer for Public Knowledge's First Annual World's Fair Use Day that was held in Washington, DC on 1.12.10. For more information, see: http://worldsfairuseday.org
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