Intro Video to 21st Century Project

What I Already Knew
I knew how to overall compose a film through making personal films. What I Learned
I learned how to drag photos over to the film maker, edit the pictures once the were in the film, and how to record voice over on my computer directly.  What I Still Need to Learn in Order to Produce a Good Final Product Next Week
I still need to learn what all my computer has to offer when adding special effects and making the film look even more professional.

RIP! A Remix Manifesto

1) Culture always builds on the past.

This is very true! Anyone trying to expand an idea or searching for inspiration always finds the tools they need by looking or experiencing others work. This is essentially how culture builds on top of each other, through the expanding of others ideas or creations. Without the right to use others work, how would any culture expand and grow? With the copyright laws not only did these laws stop artists from expanding, but it stopped scientists, mathematicians, etc. 

2)The past always tries to control the future.

Yes! The past will always try to control the future when it comes to copyright laws. When under the copyright laws any work that an artist does can only go as far as that original artist takes it. This is how the past controls the future. We only grow when ideas are expanded and the copy right laws stop our growth. These laws are used so that no one takes credit for the artists work and that the only one making money is the original creator. The copyright laws will keep us in the past and stop us from fulfilling our future.

3)Our future is becoming less free.

We are a free nation and these copyright laws will slowly evolve into less and less freedom to create.  The more and more things are becoming copyrighted the more freedom is taken away from artists. Where do we go when all ideas are copyrighted? Will we ever have the chance to create a future? The different steps you must take to use copyrighted material is so great that its intangible for artist to use them. Not to mention the money it takes to use the material. With these laws its hard to see where our future is headed.

4) To build free societies, you must limit the control of the past.

To take steps forward, we must remove the control that the past has on us. To keep our future growing we must remove the restriction of not being able to use other work to inspire our work. We as a society should look more at furthering our creative abilities and knowledge rather than who is getting the proper credit.