Mashup - Erin

Here is my mashup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rebH8NRuEA8

For my mashup I used clips from MTV’s Jersey Shore and an STD PSA from 1944. I chose this idea for my mashup because I think this show is a prime example of how American media is becoming more tolerant of sexuality, not necessarily in a good way. The show’s popularity is an obvious indication that the public condones this kind of behavior and practically glorifies it. That being said, I thought I would create a mashup that shows a different, but funny side to this increasing promiscuity. By incorporating the STD clips, I think I got my point across that, while all the sexual escapades may make for some good TV, they may also have their “behind-the-scenes” consequences.

I would justify Fair Use in my clip because I am obviously using existing images to create my own idea. By combining the clips in the way that I did, it adds a new dimension of creativity that could be considered my own. I definitely think I could defend my mashup in court for Fair Use because although I am using images that were not my own to begin with, the idea that surrounds the compilation is different than it was to start.

I liked Megan’s mashup about body image. Young children, and girls in particular, are already growing up too fast by being exposed to the media’s expectations about what is considered beautiful. By having their parents (or other influences) dress them up and make them over in these ways, they are only going to feel increasing pressure to look that way all the time. They need to be taught that it’s okay to be exactly how they are and still be beautiful.