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PAANO NGA BA... GANITO KASI YAN!

We have to upload it through Blogger because....

Now I know what it feels. BVs. Haynako..

Anyway, here's our final cut on our Ganito Kasi Yan Series :)

Hope you all like it! Good vibes ulit! HEHEHE

Women of Disney

by Charm

If there is one thing I really enjoy in life, it’s dreaming of becoming a princess! Haha. That’s why I never get tired of watching Disney princesses. When I was conceptualizing for my mash-up, I thought of the things I want in life, the things that make me happy. And obviously, one of the items on top of the list is “Disney Princesses.” My mash-up was really, really simple. I just wanted to convey that the Disney princesses should not only be admired by little girls. They are in fact women. Thus, I wanted them to be a reflection of what a woman is. A woman encounters challenges, experiences failures, finds love, and makes the society a better place. J

While doing the project, I think downloading the videos was the most difficult part. I lost all of my CD’s and DVD’s because of Ondoy. So I had to search Youtube for the clips I want. There were a lot of Disney movies in Youtube so I guess Disney allows some clips to be uploaded. I didn’t encounter any copyright issues except for Youtube’s notice:

Dear charmee18,

Your video, WOMEN OF DISNEY, may have content that is owned or licensed by Sony Music Entertainment.

No action is required on your part; however...

I still am not receiving any further notices and hopefully shall never encounter any problems regarding the video. My mash-up is actually a promotion for Disney and the song Firewoman so I think Disney and Sony should be thankful for that. :)

Here's my mash-up!

I AM HAPPY BECAUSE OF YOUtube: Video mash-up showing how we love Youtube

     It cannot be denied the fact that a lot of Filipinos now are fond of multimedia and graphic arts and also  doing remixes of media content and coming up with a new creative content out of the original.  If there is one thing that I think is our advantage as Broadcast Communication degree candidates and students over those who just see Youtube as an avenue to generate income by simply making fun out of themselves, is the fact that we study and discuss Copyright, Copyright Issues and its implications to the videos or any content we produce.

    Before coming up with my mash-up video, I spent 10 straight hours of watching videos and trying to make a mash-up with different themes from government to political economy, to feminism. But I just cannot see myself to those themes. As I watched Ryan Higa's channel and searched for more videos of Wong Fu Production, I saw this video of Ryan with a beginning title "My Youtube Story." That got my attention and I was surprised that it was one of the many videos uploaded for the 5th anniversary celebration of Youtube this year. So I watched similar videos and searched for other uniques stories and came with a topic. 

     I thought of a video mash-up that transverse the notion that we upload only to feature ourselves and forgetting to appreciate the technology that puts our videos and hosts it online which is Youtube. This video mash-up is dedicated to Youtube for making us entertained and happy. 

    After making the video, I sent a message to the original owners for their consent. And out of the nine producers, only one replied and he said that I can use his video as long as I do not earn profit from it. And so I told him that it is purely for academics, and he then allowed me to use his video. 

     I remember our professor Ma'am Data as she said in class that the videos we produce are projects and when we upload them in Youtube or in other hosts, there is a high possibility of it to be used by other individuals on the internet and to come up with a new idea out of your original product. Yes, I agree with Ma'am Data because it is true and has been proven already online that whatever project you do, so long as you properly cite your source, and as long as you have a valid input therein. 

    To keep you from not waiting, here is my last BC 148 video production, my mash-up. I hope you like it as I much as I did while doing it.

This video would not have been possible without the inspiration from my BC 148 Interactive Broadcasting class which is one of the factors that inculcated in me the love for Youtube. Thank you very much classmates and Ma'am Data!

The Mash Up- La la la

A student’s dream for a creative requirement would be that there would be no rules—just give a medium and the limits and that’s it. However this “dream” could also be the same dreaded “rule”. Given the mashup assignment in class, there was no specific theme required, it was all up to us individually. This perk was the cause of the long dragging concept thinking for the mash-up. Yes. It took me quite a while what I was going to mash-up. Being the Youtube enthusiast that I am, I have seen the best of mashups and the worst. From Transformers cross Mean Girls, to Amanda Seyfried movies—I thought of a good mashup concept. I even watched full length movies to see if the lines would fit. At last, I had a thing in mind. Next step is to get the scenes from the movie file themselves. And here starts the long hours of converting and the malfunction of files. The movies I have have an extension file of .avi. Surprisingly they can’t be read by iMovie, the software I was going to use for the editing. I tried converting them to something that my beloved iMovie can read, mpeg-4. So I did. I converted Dear John movie first, then it converted only the first 3 minutes of the movie. So scrap. I tried looking for scenes on Youtube, but there are only few scenes in the movie present. I did this process for a few movies and yes—wasted my time; I didn’t get to use any of the material. So I scrapped everything and started thinking of a mashup concept again – this time considering the availability of the videos I will be using. So I decided I’ll get all video’s from Youtube. Then I was watching David Choi one afternoon, then KABAAM. I had the idea! So there, that’s how my mashup came to be.

Limiting factors: source of videos, hard-headed video editing software, poor quality audio

In the future if I do make mashups like what I did, I would really be considering my own remix of the song! Thanks to suggestions! WOOOT

Marj Manlunas

The Mash Up- La la la

A student’s dream for a creative requirement would be that there would be no rules—just give a medium and the limits and that’s it. However this “dream” could also be the same dreaded “rule”. Given the mashup assignment in class, there was no specific theme required, it was all up to us individually. This perk was the cause of the long dragging concept thinking for the mash-up. Yes. It took me quite a while what I was going to mash-up. Being the Youtube enthusiast that I am, I have seen the best of mashups and the worst. From Transformers cross Mean Girls, to Amanda Seyfried movies—I thought of a good mashup concept. I even watched full length movies to see if the lines would fit. At last, I had a thing in mind. Next step is to get the scenes from the movie file themselves. And here starts the long hours of converting and the malfunction of files. The movies I have have an extension file of .avi. Surprisingly they can’t be read by iMovie, the software I was going to use for the editing. I tried converting them to something that my beloved iMovie can read, mpeg-4. So I did. I converted Dear John movie first, then it converted only the first 3 minutes of the movie. So scrap. I tried looking for scenes on Youtube, but there are only few scenes in the movie present. I did this process for a few movies and yes—wasted my time; I didn’t get to use any of the material. So I scrapped everything and started thinking of a mashup concept again – this time considering the availability of the videos I will be using. So I decided I’ll get all video’s from Youtube. Then I was watching David Choi one afternoon, then KABAAM. I had the idea! So there, that’s how my mashup came to be.

Limiting factors: source of videos, hard-headed video editing software, poor quality audio

In the future if I do make mashups like what I did, I would really be considering my own remix of the song! Thanks to suggestions! WOOOT

Marj Manlunas

SEDUCTION 101

This mash-up video presents the art of seduction in a different perspective. It banks on the idea that men are captivated by a woman's innate charisma and sex appeal. This is in celebration of women empowerment and domination. Are you ready to be seduced? Press the button.



Music: The Mating Game
Artist: Bitter Sweet
Videos: Chicago, Coyote Ugly, Gossip Girl Season 1 & 2, Moulin Rouge, One Tree Hill and Pretty Woman.

"I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING IN THIS MASH-UP VIDEO."