Mad Men/March Madness
I’m not a sports fan either, but I found this Mad Men March Madness mashup extremely well done and entertaining. Even if I had no idea which teams they were referring to. #OpenMinded
Upcoming: Pirate Talks
I’m thrilled to be hosting EILEEN FISHER’s monthly social responsibility twitter chat this Thursday, May 10 at 12:30 pm (EST). I’ll be leading the discussion on women, trends and technology as it applies to social responsibility, business and fashion. I would love you to join us and follow along with the hashtag #EFCSRChat. The twitter chat will be a thoughtful… Read more →
Sex, Lies & Video Remix
Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg, an associate editor at The Atlantic and curator of their Video channel, did a great piece on the Mad Men remixes last week that was too good not to repost. In a blogosphere where posts are written, tweeted and Facebook-liked every 10 minutes for 15 hours straight, it’s difficult to receive media coverage as thorough as Kasia’s. I’ve posted the… Read more →
Mad Men: Set Me Free
Sung by your favorite female characters, Mad Men: Set Me Free is a musical mash up by Marc Faletti (@marcfaletti) and I (PopCulturePirate). As Peggy, Joan and Betty sing the MoTown hit “You Keep Me Hanging On”, the entirely female-framed version of Mad Men becomes an entertaining and refreshing re-articulation of female frustrations amidst rigid gender roles. “We love that feeling when two familiar pieces… Read more →
Mad Men Remix: Don Loves Roger
In the remixed narrative, QueerMen: Don Loves Roger, the two patriarchs weigh the costs of coming out of the closet and decide they can afford it. The goal was to tell a story about two men who once preserved concepts of manhood and masculinity but then found relief and happiness in each other, becoming a threat to the very same patriarchal system on which their… Read more →
Just one source.
In or out of context? That’s the question. How much should the audience relate to the original story and how much should they take out of context when it comes to remix? I rely on the phrase remix storytelling when describing one-source remix works because I’m building a new narrative from scratch. But remixing requires using pop culture clips in… Read more →
Male Gaze Filter in Final Cut.
When working with appropriated footage, there are only so many changes, edits, tweaks and subversions one can make to the narrative; the camera angle cannot be altered. Yet it is a male gaze that moves and controls the camera. So how do you make something feminist when your source footage is inherently patriarchal? This is one of the limitations of… Read more →
