The
inspiration for our Webspinna battle was the result of a long chain of ideas,
but eventually came down to a desire to explore the different cultural sides of
music. Our characters, a Rock Star and a Pop Star, attempted to embody the
sorts of stereotypical associations that go with each genre. We explored that
for a while (the Rock Star playing the angsty bad girl and the Pop Star milking
the crowd while tossing her hair), then went on to represent how each style as
affected other genres of music, including each other.
The
Pop Star started with strictly pop music, but eventually used electro-pop, and
then later represented Korean culture through K-Pop. The Rock Star showed her
versatility through heavy metal, hard rock, and symphonic metal. At the
very end, we included a rock-pop fusion by Mr. Jackson himself, because both
genres, though different, have influenced the other. Earlier in the Webspinna
we gave an example of this. When the Rock Star lets out an angry war-like cry,
the Pop Star sees an anime influence and takes the idea of Asian culture, makes
some adjustments, and then responses with K-Pop.
This
brings us back to our discussion in class and how other artist’s work often has
a direct influence on our work. Jonathan Lethem, author of The Ecstasy of
Influence, said, “Inspiration could be called inhaling the memory of
an act never experienced. Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not
consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.” As artists, our ideas come
from so many places they are hardly our own. Just how “The Grey Video” by
Danger Mouse was root of our inspiration for the idea of a battle between two
music types in his representation of two music types coming together to create
something new. It was from this root
that we were able to explore the different types of sounds associated with rock
and pop, as well as the harmony they could create when combined together.
Truly,
the exploration of sounds coming together is in harmony with the idea of taking
one work and creating our own interpretation with it to create something
greater. To quote Isaac Newton (in true
nature of our ideas being a collaboration of outside sources) we stand on the
shoulders of giants, and we sit on centuries of art and work to provide us with
creative inspiration.
--Catherine Santos and Emily McNey
Cue List
Pop Star Chilling with headphones—Sugar Music Video
0:1-0:06s
Rock star opening—Fall Out Boy, Where did the party go?
0:03-0:10s
Pop Star Reacts—Karmin, Crash Your Party
0:00-0:09
Rock Star response—Revving
1:07-1:10
(engine rev inside car)
Pop Star response—crowd
0:00—whenever
Rock Star response—Explosion
(big bomb & granade explosion)
Rock star takes the stage—Twisted Sister
0:06—whenever you’re interrupted
Pop star—Madeon
Madeon
0:13-whenever
Rock star—love song, Rolling Stones
0:15--whenever
Pop star—moves like Jagger
Moves like Jagger
0:41—Whenever
Rock star—international with some layer
Top 10 Best Anime Fights
2:23--2:33
Pop star— kpop
0:00--whenever
Rock Star—fast, Afterlife - Avenged Sevenfold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNpy2K27PKU
4:14-4:34
Pop Star—Michael Jackson
“HEY!”
0:17--0:22
Rock Star--conclusion
Black or White
0:04--0:50
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