I'm not sure if this is the right place for the blogging assignment, but I'll try for it. We were talking the other day in class about appropriating certain images and changing them in a way to create something new, while still keeping the original in mind. I think that idea can apply to media outside visual images. I'm a huge dork, and I'm obsessed with the new Fox show "Glee" with Jane Lynch and other actors who played more on the Broadway circuit rather than television. The whole concept of the show is that a bunch of misfit high school students get together to form this glee club, where they sing popular songs like Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" and Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" in competitions. Glee fans, including myself, were thrilled when these covered songs appeared on iTunes and people were able to buy them. I was wondering about the ownership of these songs. Any cover band that sings someone else's songs in a bar or a similar venue doesn't have to pay a royalty, but since these songs are being broadcast, does Fox have to pay the artist to use the song? DISCUSS!
ps...here's a link to the video should you want to get your freak on to "Don't Stop Believing"
I really enjoyed the discussion about classic American brands. Certain brands call themselves classic and authentic, yet most of us realize that the average person doesn't play polo or go yachting. As I was looking around on the internet I found an ad for Ralph Lauren (one of these companies that considers themself "classic"). I found an ad from their new fall collection. It is an image of the "all-American little girl" holding a cute puppy. The girl is cute and sweet looking herself. She has on nice, stylish clothes and there are some little boys in the background. It's pretty hard to tell what they are doing, but it looks like a rugged sort of backdrop. The little girl also looks like she could be the daughter of the tall dark and handsome man and the blonde hair, blue eyed woman in the ad from the book. I was just drawn to this ad because in a place as diverse as the USA, these ads are still showing white children showing off the all-american clothing with her all-american puppy. She does look like a rich girl, although the scene of the ad is kind of throwing me off. Any ideas? http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kojd7rUluW1qzpyh6o1_500.jpg
In response to Martha. It looks like the little boy has the same puppy. But interesting how the girl is looking at the camera. I'd be all over that puppy. And the puppy doesn't look that happy.
I'm not sure if this is the right place for the blogging assignment, but I'll try for it. We were talking the other day in class about appropriating certain images and changing them in a way to create something new, while still keeping the original in mind. I think that idea can apply to media outside visual images. I'm a huge dork, and I'm obsessed with the new Fox show "Glee" with Jane Lynch and other actors who played more on the Broadway circuit rather than television. The whole concept of the show is that a bunch of misfit high school students get together to form this glee club, where they sing popular songs like Amy Winehouse's "Rehab" and Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" in competitions. Glee fans, including myself, were thrilled when these covered songs appeared on iTunes and people were able to buy them. I was wondering about the ownership of these songs. Any cover band that sings someone else's songs in a bar or a similar venue doesn't have to pay a royalty, but since these songs are being broadcast, does Fox have to pay the artist to use the song? DISCUSS!
ReplyDeleteps...here's a link to the video should you want to get your freak on to "Don't Stop Believing"
http://video.google.com/videosearch?client=safari&rls=en&q=don't%20stop%20believing%20glee&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wv#
I really enjoyed the discussion about classic American brands. Certain brands call themselves classic and authentic, yet most of us realize that the average person doesn't play polo or go yachting. As I was looking around on the internet I found an ad for Ralph Lauren (one of these companies that considers themself "classic"). I found an ad from their new fall collection. It is an image of the "all-American little girl" holding a cute puppy. The girl is cute and sweet looking herself. She has on nice, stylish clothes and there are some little boys in the background. It's pretty hard to tell what they are doing, but it looks like a rugged sort of backdrop. The little girl also looks like she could be the daughter of the tall dark and handsome man and the blonde hair, blue eyed woman in the ad from the book. I was just drawn to this ad because in a place as diverse as the USA, these ads are still showing white children showing off the all-american clothing with her all-american puppy. She does look like a rich girl, although the scene of the ad is kind of throwing me off. Any ideas?
ReplyDeletehttp://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kojd7rUluW1qzpyh6o1_500.jpg
In response to Martha. It looks like the little boy has the same puppy. But interesting how the girl is looking at the camera. I'd be all over that puppy. And the puppy doesn't look that happy.
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