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Reasons to Remix Chevron’s New TV Commericals

By ikat381 | Published: November 22, 2010

The discussion below borrows its theoretical framework from Naomi Klein’s seminal text, No Logo. Last month, the Yes Men and RAN preemptively hijacked Chevron’s greenwashed “We Agree” campaign, which Elisa’s last post detailed. In her post she mentions that part of the project involves a video remix competition for the best jammed Chevron TV ad. [...]

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Chevron We Agree: Respect the Chevron Way

By elisa | Published: November 18, 2010

Chevron recently released their new “We Agree” ad campaign. The TV and print ads equate the concerns of ‘real people’ to those of the multinational oil corporation, illustrating their solidarity with costumers’ and our interests in stopping environmental degradation often caused by the industry. More over, the “supermajor” oil company channeled the wheat-paste, street-artist look [...]

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There Will Be Bell (Re-cut Trailer)

By elisa | Published: August 19, 2010

Back in 2008 Sirmixalott116 combined footage from Saved by the Bell with scenes from the film There Will Be Blood to create this re-cut trailer. The remix eerily forecasts the current ‘dirty energy’ vs. environmental ecology debate that is now raging in the United States (made more urgent by the BP Gulf catastrophe). When the [...]

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BP Remix Video Roundup

By jonathan | Published: June 22, 2010

The internets have been busy over the past couple months creatively re-branding and correcting the corporate identity of the company formally known at British Petroleum. We have seen some hilarious logo re-design, mock print ads and of course the ever entertaining BPGlobalPR spoof Twitter feed. Not to be outdone online video remix has also played a [...]

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Dove Onslaught(er)

By jonathan | Published: March 10, 2010

Can a political remix video help effect actual change in the world? YES! Unilever’s personal care brand Dove is the again target, this time being called out by GreenPeace for the corporation’s role as the biggest single buyer of palm oil in the world, and thus, a major contributor to the destruction of rainforests because [...]

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Avatar Equals Pocahontas

By jonathan | Published: March 3, 2010

An internet meme has been building around the blockbuster movie Avatar, starting with the countless reviews and critics pointing out the striking plot similarities to Disney’s 1998 animated feature Pocahontas. By now there are literally dozens of re-cut trailers online making the comparison but beyond just pointing out the parallels, these mashups also demonstrate how [...]

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More Honest World Economic Leaders

By jonathan | Published: March 1, 2010

Our favorite political pranksters The Yes Men have spoofed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland with an official looking imaginary website. As part of the project they have also created these fantastic re-dubbed video interviews with global economic, government and corporate leaders where each appear to speak in brutally honest ways about real problems [...]

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RBC Olympics Flame Trail Ad Re-dubbed

By jonathan | Published: February 24, 2010

I recently helped the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) re-dub Royal Bank of Canada’s new Olympic Flame Trail commercial. The new and improved voiceover better represents the bank’s dirty investments: since 2007, RBC has given about $17 billion dollars in loans to companies operating in the Alberta tar sands – more than any other bank. Not [...]

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World Water Shortage vs. Golf Courses

By elisa | Published: February 15, 2010

Desiree D’Alessandro examines the commodification of natural resources in this remix, addressing the imminent crisis of the worldwide water shortage. Her source footage, which includes tv commercials, new segments and documentary footage, has become a major point of contention with her university, the University of California Santa Barbara. (More on this below) UCSB declared D’Alessandro’s [...]

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Politicians Want a Power Shift

By jonathan | Published: February 12, 2009

This remix is somewhat unique because it comes to us from a non-profit organization rather than from an individual artist. The speeches, press conferences, news clips and ads of US political figures, both left and right, are edited to make an official event trailer for Power Shift 09 and their lobby day on March 2nd. [...]

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