Remix

Tupac Resurrection is a 2003 documentary about one of hip-hops most controversial and beloved figures. Photographs, home movies, and recited poetry help tell the tale of the hip-hop legend. The story is presented in a mash-up style video e.g., You Tube videos. A collective of TV appearances, interviews and recycled images of the hip-hop juggernaut.

One might ask the question, "how does a film like this avoid copyright infringement?" This film is protected under the United States doctrine fair use; a copyright law that permits limited use of copyrighted material without needing permission from the rights holders. Transformative is key word used on Recut, Reframe, Recycle article, adding value to what they take and applying it to their work differently than the original work.

I think a lot of time recycled media such as mash-up videos tend to lack creativity and usually come out looking like a bad "remix" video. Tupac Resurrection was more professionally put together than your average You Tube video, however the majority of the media used, I had already seen (as a kid growing up with hip-hop) so it was pretty boring and didn't really move me.