Da'Vante Phillips

3/3/15

ENC1101





“What do you see as the relationship between multimodality and genre?”

Multimodality is an inter-disciplinary approach that understands communication and representation to be more than about language. Genre is a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. Between the two the relationship I see is that both have their own style, multimodal and genre want people to see things with a different approach not just language. Both subjects are relating to more than one branch of knowledge give people a ideology to think outside the box.

“What is Multimodality? How would you define Modes? What is the tension between Kress and Wysocki’s view of multimodality?

Multimodality is using multiple modes to express your opinion and get your ideas out through differents mediums such as news, videos, and other versions of media it gives the opportunity to see things a from a different perspective. I would define modes as being a different outlet to get things out through videos, books,documentaries. It's pretty a different way to communicate different ways to express yourself. The tension between Kress and Wysocki is that keeps believes in using one or more modes to get the point out and to express yourself a lot easier but Wysocki believes that it doesn't matter how many modes you use as long as you use it the right way and that it lines up with the Multimodality. Using different modes is a great way to catch the readers eye. The reader is probably tired of pen and paper and using modes is a way to change the readers mind on things. This gets the reader out of the boring stage and able to interact and see things differently.

Remediation Idea: Ryan McCormick

My Genealogy Essay was an analysis on how the entire Harry Potter series is a remix of the Bible. For my remediation, I do not think a movie or a poster would do the justice in portraying my points made in my essay in a different medium. I think the best way to say the same points in a different medium would be post cards written from Harry and Jesus. I am still unsure whether Harry and Jesus would be writing to one another (of course in a fantasy world) or if they would be writing to other people. Either way, a collection of post cards from each of these characters discussing their life story, their friends, their similarities, etc. I could ring together their post cards to form a flipbook. It would really show the audience the connection between these two works of literature and how they remix one another. The ideal audience for this remediation would be adults (due to the complexity of Harry Potter and the Bible) both younger and older as well as very big Harry Potter fans.  

Ideas for remediation

In my essay I argued the Disney cartoon Snow White and the Seven dwarfs and Once Upon a Time were remixes of the Little Snow-White Grimm tale. I think for the remediation project I want to portray the differences along with the similarities between the three through fashion. I want to create a "Grimm" look, a cartoon statement, and a modern day outfit of Snow White and display them in a fashion show. My main audience would clearly be 1. Girls and women as Snow White is a girl, 2. Disney fans and Once Upon a Time fans, and 3. Fashion bloggers. I think it could be a really cool way to incorporate Snow White, but also the audience I am appealing to because the idea behind it would be to "dress like your favorite Snow".

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To remediate my genealogy essay into a medium that would be more suitable and appealing to a younger audience I would transform it into a BuzzFeed list. BuzzFeed lists normally include short numbered headlines above a corresponding photo, followed by a more detailed caption. This medium would allow me to show screen caps from “The Lady Vanishes” and “Flightplan,” juxtaposed in order to compare and contrast certain elements from the two films. Under the screen captures of the films I could describe, in detail, how “Flightplan” copied and transformed this element from “The Lady Vanishes.” For example, one headline could be, “The Protagonists” with a still image of each films protagonist, followed by an explanation of how “Flightplan” based this character off the main character of “The Lady Vanishes.” BuzzFeed is popular among the younger, information-age generation and would be much more appealing than an essay.  Alternatively, I could turn my genealogy essay into a video, using actual footage from both films to better express how element were copied and transformed. A video, while also appealing to a younger audience, would be the best medium to demonstrate to an audience that favors stricter copyright laws that these laws can stifle creativity. This would allow me to exemplify how “Flightplan” can take elements from “The Lady Vanishes” and transform them in order to create a completely new film. Even with some elements that have only been changed slightly from one film to another, a video would be the best way to show how and why “Flightplan” transformed elements in such a way that the film does not lack originality. This medium would have much more of an impact on an audience that disagrees with the underlying notion of my genealogy essay, which is that everything is a remix.

REMEDIATION IDEAS

For my Genealogy paper I chose to focus on the progression of the Cinderella story from the 1800's to the famous Walt Disney version. For this "Remediation" project I think I would like to do something interactive and engaging that will further explain my feelings on the 1950 Disney remake. If I create a song or music video that expresses the changes through time and why they occurred I think I will be able to convey my point to various audiences.

The 3 audiences I am interested in reaching are:
1. Young Adults (Who are Disney fans that may need to know the truth behind the film)
2. Older people who may know the stories that exceeded the Disney Cinderellas
3. Anyone who likes music.

I believe that a song or video with catchy lyrics that are enjoyable but direct will transpire positively to any of the 3 audiences mentioned above, and relay the message of my original paper clearly.

Remediated Dads

Idea One:
The targeted audience for this idea is preschool students. My plan was to recreate the TV dads as puppets as well as the TV show creators conversing with one another sharing ideas. I feel puppets would go well with preschoolers because they find them entertaining and bright colors  would probably catch their eye.


Idea Two:
The second target group are the Bahamian people. Junkanoo is an annual cultural event that attracts many Bahamians to spectate and cheer on their favorite group. my strategy was to create a lineage of bumbling TV Dads in the parade; possibly in chronological order record it and possibly narrate over it as it happens. 

A typical themed costume.

Idea Three:

the third group of my remediation are people who enjoy adult television. my idea was to take different clips of pieces and edit over them with you voice.

Typical episode ofThe Simpsons

The stereotypical African-American dad.

Ideas

I wrote my essay on Scary Movie 3, so it has a lot of audiences that I could target. The first is people who enjoy watching scary movies. I could make a movie poster advertising Scary Movie 3 and how it combines the elements of other scary movies to turn it onto a comedy. Another audience that I could target is teenagers. Scary Movie 3 is a movie targeted mostly towards teenagers and it incorporates humor that younger people appreciate. I could turn my essay into a comic strip showing the transformation from scary to funny. Finally, I could use my target audience as comedy movie lovers. I could make a movie trailer showing the transformation from horror to comedy in the movie.

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“Brainstorm ideas for your remediation – Name three different audiences for which you might remediate your Genealogy essay, and the appropriate medium for those audiences”

My genealogy project was on several adaptations of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

first audience- college students to hear how pride and prejudice has influenced literature

second audience- Jane Austen fans to consider which adaptation was the best

third audience- screenplay writers/authors to learn how to make better film adaptations/write novels

Pick a specific part of the book & show the clips in a video from the different remixes I talked about in my project (the scenes from the movies/slides of quotes from the books). Compare how they are similar/different to the original novel.

An idea for the actual project would be to have Jane Austen host a show where all the characters that represent Elizabeth in the later adaptations argue about why their adaptation is the best one.

Remediation Ideas, George Campbell

“Brainstorm ideas for your remediation

Name three different audiences for which you might remediate your Genealogy essay, and the appropriate medium for those audiences

*Video- Show clips of original song along with juicy and the song that remixed them, (video timeline)
Audience- 
1.people who appreciate remixing and enjoy the background of remixing,
2. music lovers people who really enjoy listening to music and knowing where different songs originated.
3.young people because of the music and genre, also remixing is a huge part of our life now.

 Pod casts- play the remixes and chop and screw them as if i am the DJ
Audience-
1. people who are interested into rap and hip-hop
2. society as a whole because of our interest into the radio,  the radio is the ultimate version of a remix because it plays a variety of things everyday.
3.people who are interested in the history of rap along with keeping up with the change in rap styles.

Facebook-create a page that just talks about hip-hop and add the different songs/artists
Audience-
1. people under 30, 
2. both male and female that are interested in rap or hip-hop
 3. people who prefer to read things more than listen or watch.

Magazines- show the hot new music
Audience-
1. older people because they see whats in magazines.
2.both male and females that read or are subscribed to certain magazines.
3. people who want to be updated on their music.

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In my geneology paper I talked about the evolution of Rock and Roll, and everything it has influenced. In my remediation project I would like to target audiences that know little about the history of Rock and Roll. Since Rock and Roll has shaped today's culture in so many ways, it is important to share this with others.

My first ideal audience is sports fans. I feel like sports fans would be an easy audience to expose this to because all sporting events have music played at some point in time such as during half time shows and in between innings and even before UFC fights. i feel like to would be easy to get a sportscenter page and replace the people, dialog, and words on the screen to Rock and Roll themes.

The second audience I would choose to remediate to would be fans of visual art. The way I would capture their attention would be through a picture collage. This collage would have pictures of the things I talked about in my geneology paper, but in a way that would capture the attention of this audience.

Finally the last audience I would target would be Middle school kids. The reason I would choose middle schoolers is because they are so caught up in new music that they don't even realize where that music originated. My idea is to make a breif video of Rock and Roll from 1950 to present and everything it has influenced. I would include music and cool facts to keep the audience interested

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My Genealogy Project depicts the well-known, hit television series, “How I Met Your Mother”, to be a remix of the 90’s series, “Friends”. The different textual, visual, musical and lifestyle influences were described. Both series were branded as “comedic brilliance”, it only seems fitting to therefor target audiences who enjoy the comical aspects of a program.

My first idea is to remediate my essay for television and talk show viewers. I will compose the dialog between the “Late-Night Talk Show” host, Seth Meyers and the two main characters from each of my series- Josh Radnor (Ted Mosby from “How I Met Your Mother”) and David Schwimmer (Ross Geller from “Friends”).  They will discuss the influences from “Friends” used to create “How I Met Your Mother”. The characters will also give their take on the matter and whether they truly believe that the series “How I Met Your Mother” is a remix of “Friends”.

Secondly, cartoon and newspaper readers are targeted. I will create cartoon strips using images from the series to create a comedic dialog between the characters from “How I Met Your Mother” and “Friends”. The various similarities between the characters will be underlined.

Lastly, for personal reasons, I can direct my project at sportswomen and sportsmen as well as sports’ fans by creating a billboard add that would be broadcasted at a sport event in an athletics stadium. This add will be brief, depicting the main points of my argument, while using multiple images and humorous scenes to hold the audience’s attention.

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In these excerpts of Richards’ journal he discusses the faults of the traditional Doctrine of Usage, making the point that words alone “mean” nothing in their solidarity. Richard attacks the doctrine as misinforming readers that words are merely to possess their sense, bringing this meaning with them regardless of the surrounding words in a sentence. He acknowledges that the Doctrine of Usage can be interpreted in different ways that would make it suitable but expands on arguing against its conventional explanation. By this common understanding, the doctrine undertakes that the assumption that words all have fixed meanings, of which we will always know before we read them. So that an author’s tasks is to build up the meaning of a sentence with these preset building blocks, just as “a mosaic is put together of discrete independent tesserae” (Richards 55). Richard addresses that this understanding of the doctrine quickly brings about problems, especially when leaving out crucial elements. In actuality when we speak or write, we employ symbolism to convey a “meaning” to a word. This symbolism is caused by not only the reference we are making but also the purpose for which we are making it, the proposed effect of the symbol on others, and the author’s attitude. His example, “we say that the gardener mows the lawn when we know that it is the lawn-mower which actually does the cutting,” will encounter no difficulties when the whole matter is considered in more detail (Richards 9). A word independently has no meaning, no fixed single usage, or even a limited number of correct uses. Richard’s argument relates to our discussions of remix so far because just as words are given meaning by their use, other elements of different mediums are given meaning by their surrounding details and references. It is the creator, and the symbolism they employ that gives something it’s meaning and makes it original.

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In reading Johnson-Eilola and Selber’s journal they bring up the recent phenomenon of a remix culture and what that could mean in relation to the strict plagiarism and copyright policies of our society. The journal discusses assemblage as being apart of the remix culture and how, through a change of notion on plagiarism, could actually be applied to an improved academic curriculum and setting. Instead of academic institutions holding students originality so highly in writing, the journal suggest a shift to application and how students can remix other texts to solve problems or enact social action. How it is conceived today, the journal acknowledges a hierarchy in academics that holds students original writing above all, especially borrowed work. This hierarchy is exemplified by not only the strict plagiarism policies seen around the country, but also the citation practices that act as an indicator for teachers to what is borrowed and what is original. However, the journal brings up how these citation practices, that value borrowed text less than students original work, are problematic and often are what lead students hide their borrowings. If academic institutions took on the reconception of downplaying the value of originality and instead focused more on problem solving, assemblage could be a very beneficial part of students’ composition skills. By teaching and encouraging students to build on existing texts in order to bring about resolutions, as opposed to hiding the unavoidable interactions with the work of others behind concepts of citations, an entirely new skill can be put into use.