Chris Elam’s New York based dance company, Misnomer Dance Theater just launched a video remix contest.
Misnomer uploaded one of their dance videos to the video editing site Jumpcut and users can create their own mashup (mix) by editing the video and adding their own audio and video clips.
Here's a screenshot of the editing options for Jumpcut:
All submitted posts will be reviewed and favorites will be put up on the Misnomer site to be voted upon and viewed. On July 1st the top 5 will be selected and will be awarded with free performance tickets, backstage passes, etc.
This initiative is part of a larger project by Brett Gaylor - a user-generated collaborative documentary. Online video editing software Jumpcut made this project possible to execute.
In his manifesto, Brett says:
The traditional approach to creating films, especially documentary films, is flawed. A single perspective cannot hope to capture the nuance of an evolving cultural debate. Sure, Point of View is important. But “The Ecstasy of Influence”, the participatory nature of digital creativity, begs us to create media that invites input from its audience.
2 comments:
We're real excited about the kinds of videos and remixes people send in! Just as a note, though, this is an initiative that is independent of OpenSourceCineman. the inspiration for this definitely came out of JumpCut and its easy to use interface. i'll be making other sample clips for people to play with and will definitely send those on.
Great work.
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