Week 14WRA 110.744

Today’s Agenda

• Note takers plz• What is remix? What is remediation?• Intro to Project #5• Scott McCloud on comics• Playing with Bitstrips• Wrap-up

What is Remix?

Remix needs?

• Same meaning, different structures• Not same meaning, but something from the original• One same structure that produces a different meaning• Self-awareness?• Doesn’t have to be based on one thing—can be composed from a

multitude of things• Remix: To recombine things to make something new• Not randomly chosen – takes skill to find things that go together• You don’t need to know about the original idea of the original material• Everything doesn’t have to flow or make perfect sense…• Parodies! Satire!

Remix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tenp0xk2dc

Remix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92yHyxeju1U

What other examples of remix can you think of?

• “Vampires Suck” – parody of Twilight (?) some scenes are remixes? • “Scary Movie” – parody or remix? Both?• Bed Intruder Song – take original audio, cut, edit, add beats, make a song• Weird Al – Amish Paradise• The Hood Internet• Girl Talk• DJ Earworm – remixed hit songs from 2009 into one song? “Blame It on the

Pop”• Doritos! • Internet Memes – KnowYourMeme.com• Lipdub videos• Mashups – Jay-Z & Linkin Park / Sandstorm Shots• The Gray Album

What is Remediation?

Remediation:

• Moving content from one medium to another.

Remediation.

Remediation.

Remediation.

Scott McCloud on Comicshttp://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/scott_mccloud_on_comics.html

Playing with Bitstrips

1. Go to http://bitstripsforschools.com and click on “login”

2. Enter the code “wra110”

3. Find your name in the pull-down box

4. Enter a password for yourself. Make sure you don’t lose it!

5. Click on the purple box on the left and BEGIN MAKING YOUR AVATAR!

Mayer & Bettle on Creative Commonshttp://creativecommons.org/videos/mayer-and-bettle

Wrap-Up

• Grades on everything will be back to you by Friday. I PROMISE.