This is repost from my main blog, but completely relevant to media studies so I’m posting it here as well.
Some of you may have heard me complaining lately that I want to attend SXSW this year, but cannot for a variety of reasons – mostly limited funds. Well, Open Video Alliance is holding a contest for a 60-second video, expressing “what open video means to you.” My solution was to juxtapose media giants (Murdoch, Valenti) to Cookie Monster learning one of the first things we are taught about as kids: sharing. As Adi at OVA said, “it’s very meta” which I think is GOOD if you want to try to make an all encompassing statement in less than a minute. I actually borrowed the idea from my friend Elisa Kreisinger who suggested I remix the work of the other contestants (uber meta). Ultimately, I felt the narrative was better served if I were able to use recognizable icons rather than simply snips of other underground filmmakers, although I did use a few. I used a CC licensed audio tack plus a number of the other contestants’ videos as sources for the remix. Attributions are below the video. Enjoy.
Music by Briareus.
Featuring source material from thesingingnerd, David Köhlmeier, papyromancer, Qasim Virjee, Josh Levy and MissMadDawg.
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