Produsage, the new way in which we can express our inner movie maker with the influence of movies that are already made. Whether it be a remake of something already done, or an extension, produsage a great way for fans to contribute to their favourite movies!
I think it is such a great idea, and although I personally have never done anything to contribute to the produsage world, i see no harm in you or me expressing our ideas!
As shown in How i met your mother, they have used this method from the ‘who’s on first’ routine made famous by Abbott and Costello.
This clip makes me laugh so much, it’s very clever, especially with the reference to the original ‘who’s on first?’ And although this is not the first re-make of this scene, it is done very well.
but produsage is based more on the underdog, these re-makes are done by the 'average joe...
....here are some examples...
This is a remake of Pink's Song 13 Year Old Self
and possibly the best/funniest remakes i found on youtube were from Ke$ha's song Tik Tok...
oh how these made me giggle so much!!!
but there are some people out there that have great concerns with the use of produsage...some believe it to be copy writing and others see it as a waist of time and pointless, but whats wrong with it? just writing this blog and youtubing clips gave me a good hour of laughter (i suggest you all youtube justin beiber remakes).
what is it too us what others do with their free time, and as my dad has always said 'if you love something, do it!' so although in my free time im watching the Bing Bang theory or how i met your mother, others who know the shows so well are rewriting or continuing on the script!
for example, in one episode barney realises he likes robin so he is trying to get her attention, where as this script by modernxxmyth where as this time around its robin's turn to win barney over!! its a great script and has probably been made by someone in the world! a great way for the consumer to become the producer - the whole point of produsage!!!
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