It’s an intimidating thing, going up in front of one’s
entire class and their families and friends dressed as cartoon characters while
pretending to fight with each other. This project was much different from
anything else in the film program, and because of that we were able to develop
some talents that we otherwise would have never been able to.
The
project combined the use of sound effects, costume design, and acting to tell a
story. Since these elements are not part of the norm as directing,
cinematography, or screenwriting are, it forced us to be more creative. By
using the lessons from this exercise, the creativity of the media we create in
the future will be more rich and well rounded because we have learned to think
about other elements as storytellers.
The
webspinna battle also brought up questions in regards to plagiarism and its
sometimes confusing lines. Every sound we used was created by someone else. The
look of our costumes were arguably a rip off of Pokemon. If these sounds and
costumes were used together as a way to create a new, original story, is it
still plagiarism? After creating this battle and watching others, it seems they
are a completely new work of art. Much like textual poaching, we used elements
of other media to create something completely new. Our Pokemon battle used
familiar and new characters while adding an original story. The example of Bob
Dylan in the article, “The Ecstasy of Influence” by Jonathan Lethem describes
this point well as he used lines and stories from other authors in order to
create songs with deeper meaning.
Not
only were the costumes and the sound originally created by other people, but
elements of the story we acted out are also present in the Pokemon television
series as well as the games. Disobedience is depicted in the show by the main
character having a pokemon that doesn’t respect him. This leads to contention
between the two. Our battle used elements from that story, but ultimately
created something original by adding in modern elements with texting and
putting in headphones to listen to music. The mixture of modernism with the
popular show creates media that most people can connect with.
The
Webspinna Battle itself is a creative media where our creations and
combinations of other media make something original. The combination is
something that shows how pokemon and other elements can mix together to create
something fun and interesting.
Sound effects:
Battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMFV31tNmz8 (0:06)
Gameboy Songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8JbXCe3NJk
(0:13)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axKDCZd4Mfc (18:26) (5:35)
Sad Song Options:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVeL4
Charmander’s headphone song options:
Commanding Charmander to attack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dteSps8RZUY
Charmander Sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub1UsbR5tx8
Pokemon Theme song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuYeHPFR3f0
Pokeball release noise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50kv0Ufxolk
Pokeball capture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXF6QISJ5cg
punching sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa-XmBMtn54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNbjn6rHmW4
Flamethrower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouY_2SXtdP8
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