Come At Me Bro

Monologue...Loki "Puny God"...Desperate
FFXII Battle Music
Punching
Fight Me
Bruce Lee Yelling
Good is Dumb
Sword  Horse
Mr. Freeze and Magneto
DBZ
Joker Soundboard
Wilhelm

Unite
I'm sorry, Dave
There is still good in you
Wilson, I'm Sorry
Love means never having to say you're sorry
"Concerning Hobbits"
Beautiful Friendship

In most films, there is often a “good guy” and a “bad guy.” When these two forces of nature clash against one another, it is common for the antagonist to be killed off or rendered completely inert.  It is not often that we find these two characters reconcile with one another or work out their differences.  We examined this phenomenon within our Webspinna Battle and demonstrated that the villain does not always have to die in the end. It is better to take the peaceful path of reconciliation rather than opposition, a sentiment not often championed by popular media.

Our Webspinna Battle starred Melody Chow as the villain and Kyle Sawyer as the hero. We found audio clips to banter back and forth with one another, clips that were either said by beloved good guys or despised bad guys. These clips were not in our control as much as we would have liked, but this element of spontaneity and on-the-spot ingenuity were a fun element to the battle. Our Webspinna Battle took a non-violent position in regards to enemies. The audience who watched our Webspiina should realize that murder/killings do not have to be a part of a film's climax or resolution. Failure by the hero or the villain is not necessary; film can better portray reconciliation as a character either apologizes or comes together with another, rather than being simply killed off.

  In our creative process we first decided on what we were going represent, Heroes VS. Villains. Then we went our own way and compiled a bunch of material that we thought would be useful and came back together to discuss what we found. We gathered clips and sounds from YouTube and soundboards across the internet. After we compiled a great deal of clips, we found a theme that we could use as the reason for us to fight along with a great banter that would work well in the theme, which was a fight for freedom. However, in the end we wanted to show that they could find a resolution without fighting.     We were inspired by Pogo's work, "Upular" being the prime example.  We did not wish to make our Webspinna simply a cacophony of noise.  Like "Upular," our desire was to create something with a progression that made musical sense and did not leave the viewers wanting to plug their ears.  It was easy to see why DJ Spooky's "Rhythm Science" was amoung our week's reading since it was arranged just like a soundboard.  But what DJ Spooky utilized instead of sounds were definitions of words that had been arranged to delight the viewer.  We felt that our project would be different from DJ Spooky's work in that we would make our samples more cohesive rather than random.       
It is better to reconcile with one another before reverting to violence.  So often, this passive path is swept to the side as people are more in favor of a more aggressive road.  Our Webspinna Battle demonstrated that forgiveness and love among former enemies can be a climax in and of itself rather than an elongated fight sequence ending in a death.  "Upular" and "Rhythm Science" pointed out the importance of cohesion among our content. As we remix and create something new out of chaos, something unique is brought forth which may offer insight into what ought to be versus what is.