Prequel / Sequel

In this lecture we looked at prequel and sequel. This was looking at the fact that nothing is original, and the different designs that we see are usually inspired by other pieces of deign through history. People can still be creative and original work for themselves, it does not mean that people practically copy others work. however they guide their creative process in the direction that others have previously done, therefore being inspired by past pieces of work.

"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing." - Salvador Dali

This quote speaks volumes. And helped to lead on to looking at internet memes. These are a perfect example of a prequel / sequel as they are completely unoriginal. People still love internet memes because they are funny, but they have no value.

Finally, to conclude the lecture, we watch a video called "Everything is a remix". This was very interesting and was defiantly my favourite part of the lecture as i am into music in general, and it was interesting to see the creativity of music explained in depth. The documentary looked at how artists have used different sample beats that have been used before in other songs to create their own. It also explained the laws and regulations about using the beats. From this i took that legal remixing is fine, however illegal copying is not.