WHAT IS A REMIX?

1. What is a remix?
   To combine or edit existing materials to produce something new
   
   
2. What style of music was it most commonly associated with?
   Hip hop
   
   
3. Who and what did the Sugar Hill gang sample?
   "Good Times"- Chic
   
   
4. Which two other artists have used the same sample?
   Daft Punk, Will Smith
   
   
5. Which band formed in 1968?
   Led Zeppelin
   
   
6. What term is coined in Paris in 1961?
   Heavy Metal
   
   
7. What novel did it come from and who wrote it?
   
   
   
   
8. What were the band formed in 1968 labelled as?
   Knock offs
   
   
9. "Stairway to Heaven" was based on which song?
   
   
10. Whats the 'problem' with what Led Zeppelin did?
    Claimed it as their own and made no amendments to the lyrics
    
    
11. Whats the difference between a cover and a knock off?
    A cover says that it has taken the idea/sound/lyrics and references the other artist, a knock off claims it as their own with no reference to the actual creator
    
    
12. What do most box office hits rely on?
    Existing material
    
    
13. How many films out of 100 are sequels/remakes/adaptations?
    74
    
    
14. What is a 'genre' movie?
    Traditional, not copied. Follows the conventions of the genre
    
    
15. List 4 sub genres of horror
         i. Slasher
         ii. Zombie
         iii. Creature Feature
         iv. Terror Porn
    
    
16. What happens to their standard elements?
    
    
    
    
17. List the elements of Star Wars:
    
    
    
    
18. Which 2 genres were huge sources for Star Wars?
         a] Flash Gordon
         b] Yojimbo
    
    
19. What does creation require?
    
    
    
    
20. Who is now the most movie saturated director?
    Quentin Tarrentino
    
    
21. What are the myths of creativity?
    Original ideas added to existing materials
    
    
22. Why do we need copying?
    Copying is how we learn
    
    
23. When was Guttenburg's printing process created?
    1440
    
    
24. What elements were combined to create the model T in 1908?
    
    
    
    
25. What are the basic elements of creativity?
         i. Copy
         ii. Transform
         iii. Combine
    
    
26. Who invented the PC?
    XEROX- early 70's
    
    
27. What is multiple discovery?
    The same innovation coming from different places at the same time
    
    
28. What is evolution?
    Genes copying, transforming and combining
    
    
29. What is the term for this culture?
    Social evolution
    
    
30. What is this called?
    
    
    
    
31. What doesn't the law acknowledge?
    The nature of creativity
    
    
32. What was the side effect of a market economy?
    Original inventions cant compete with other pre existing products
    
    
33. What was the point of the copyright and patent act?
    Inventors earn a profit after excessive amounts spent on research and developments
    
    
34. What term was created to protect ideas?
    
    
    
    
35. What is loss aversion?
    People preferring to avoid losses rather than acquiring gains
    
    
36. How did Disney use the public domain?
    Had the term of copyright on concepts such as Snow White prolonged
    
    
37. "We have no problem with copying as long as..."
    We are the ones doing the copying
    
    
38. Which song did George Harrison subconsciously copy?
    "He's So Fine"- The Chiffons
    
    
39. What connects Kanye West to "It Must Be Jesus"? 
    Gold Digga beat based on the original song
    
    
40. What is a patent?
    The blueprints of how to make a product
    
    
41. What is a software patent?
    Broad, vague descriptions of what it could be like
    
    
42. What % of patent lawsuits are over software?
    
    
    
    
43. How much wealth is estimated to have been lost?
    
    
    
    
44. What are sample trolls and patent trolls?
    
    
    
    
45. Who is the most famous sample troll and why?
    Bridgeport Music
    
    
46. How long was the sample from 2005, where was it from and where was it used?
    2 seconds
    
    
47. Why has this been bad for hip hop?
    They can no longer sample music- the original reason and creation of hip hop
    
    
48. Why are patent laws bad for postmodernism?
    Doesn't allow anything to be used which has been used before.