RiP! A Remix Manifesto

20081 h 26 min 17 secFilm: Documentary

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Direction: Brett Gaylor

Production: Mila Aung-ThwinKat Baulu (National Film Board of Canada)Germaine Ying Gee WongDaniel CrossRavida DinSally Bochner

Script: Brett Gaylor

Produced by EyeSteel Film in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.

In RiP: A Remix Manifesto, web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers.

The film's central protagonist is Girl Talk, a mash-up musician topping the charts with his sample-based songs. But is Girl Talk a paragon of people power or the Pied Piper of piracy? Creative Commons founder, Lawrence Lessig, Brazil's Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil and pop culture critic Cory Doctorow are also along for the ride.

A participatory media experiment, from day one, Brett shares his raw footage at opensourcecinema.org, for anyone to remix. This movie-as-mash-up method allows these remixes to become an integral part of the film. With RiP: A Remix Manifesto, Gaylor and Girl Talk sound an urgent alarm and draw the lines of battle.

Which side of the ideas war are you on?

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Subject categories


  • Media and Communication > Computer Technology
  • Technology > Computer Technology, Internet and ElectronicsTechnology and Society
  • Social Issues > Technology and Society
  • Social Studies > Law
  • Arts Education > Music
  • Media Education > Popular Culture

Credits


producer
Mila Aung-Thwin
Kat Baulu
Germaine Ying Gee Wong
executive producer
Daniel Cross
Mila Aung-Thwin
Ravida Din
Sally Bochner
cinematographer
Mark Ellam
associate director
Mark Ellam
editor
Tony Asimakopoulos
Brett Gaylor
writer
Brett Gaylor
director
Brett Gaylor
participant
Gregg Gillis
Mary Beth Peters
Cory Doctorow
Lawrence Lessig
Dan O'Neill
Gillis Family
Mark Hosler
Charlie Angus
David Greubel
Elisa Greubel
RaeJ Schwartz
Patti Santangelo
Don Smith
Robert Crane
Jammie Thomas
Amp Live
Bruce Lehman
Sany Pitbull
DJ Marlboro
Gilberto Gil
Students of Pensando Juntos
associate producer
Brett Gaylor
development producer
John Christou
production manager
Halima Ouardiri
Daniela Broitman
project administrator
Anuj Khosla
business affairs
Bob Moore
John Christou
additional camera
Zacharie Fay
Mila Aung-Thwin
Brett Gaylor
Stefan Hess
Robin McKenna
James Larden
Alec Matthewson
Barry Stone
location sound
Brett Gaylor
Mila Aung-Thwin
Kyle Stanfield
Pablo Villegas
Richard Aylsworth
original music
Olivier Alary
post-production supervisor
Gary Evans
post-production coordinator
Michael MK Siu
Steve Hallé
Marysol Moran
Brigitte Sénéchal
digital editing supervisor
Danielle Raymond
production co-ordinator
Sia Koukoulas
Taisa Mattos
supervising sound editor
Cory Rizos
sound designer
Kyle Stanfield
re-recording mixer
Cory Rizos
additional re-recording masher
Gavin Fernandes
voice direction
Thor Bishopric
studio voice recording
Chris Leon
foley artist
Alexis Farand
foley recordist
Éric Lagacé
additional sound recording
Ryan Flynn
Jason Milligan
Ben Lazard
Kenny Bean
editing consultant
Daniel Cross
Mark Ellam
online editor
Yannick Carrier
animation
Francis Hanneman
Omar Majeed
Conor Higgins
Darren Pasemko
Kent Hugo
Brett Gaylor
illustrations
James Braithwaite
assistant editor
Ryan Mullins
Brett Story
Drew Williamson
Conor Higgins
Michael MK Siu
research and rights supervisor
Bob Moore
rights clearance consultant
Elizabeth Klinck
legal consultant
David Fewer
legal affairs
Dean Chenoy
Dominique Aubry
research
Drew Williamson
Kirwan Cox
Rob Maguire
Daniela Broitman
translator
Marisa Berry
Alex Costa
unit administrator
Dan Emery
Nickie Merulla
marketing manager
Moira Keigher
production trainee
Melisa Forero
production crew
Luis Antonio Silveira
Jonathan Chang
Lixin Fan
Ursula Henzl
audio
Dave Merchant
presentation
Joel Gonzalez
dolly grip
John Scates
lighting
Mike Starobin
transcription
Geneviève Danforth
subtitling
Robert Paquin
Robert Gray
intern
Jessica Mayne
Edmund Duff
Cherine Benjelloun
Jon Cohen
Meghan Maike
Jimmy Medellin

Awards


  • Dioraphte Audience Award - with a cash prize of 5000€International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA)
  • Jury's Special MentionFestival du nouveau cinéma
  • Cadillac People's Choice AwardFilm Festival
  • Edward Jones Audience Choice Award- with a cash prize of $500 USDFilm Festival
  • Honourable MentionEBS International Documentary Festival
  • Audience Award for Best International DocumentaryEncounters South African International Documentary Film Festival