Our inspiration for the subject came from group discussion of the concept of escape. We tied this to food, and consequently found our way to pepper given that it is used in countless meals/recipes, yet has received relatively little attention in the midst of material culture studies (to our knowledge). In terms of the video format, we were inspired by the many 'Tasty' videos seen across various social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter. This style of video is short, sweet, and to the point. Aspects that we hope to have mirrored in our parody account (although perhaps with an added sprinkle of bitterness).
Footage of a peppercorn sauce recipe is interspersed with footage (video/audio) taken from various videos found mainly on YouTube which were converted into workable format and stitched among our own clips. Therefore we would like to thank these websites and the individual video resources that have provided us with workable material.
Video footage:
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Retrodag1 (2013) ‘The Spice of Life – Pepper:
The Master Spice – BBC production narrated by Edward Woodward’, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuZujx-LMfg&t=886s
last accessed 23/11/16)
·
Teresa J. Perreault (2015) ‘The Spice Trail
season 3 – Episode 1 Pepper and Cinnamon – BBC Documentary’, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAfiduVxE2I&t=1307s
last accessed 23/11/16)
·
UNG Agriculture (2011) ‘Cambodia Agriculture:
Black Pepper Farming with SoilBio1 Fertilizer’, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwxkqnxKqGI&t=44s
last accessed 23/11/16)
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Our own footage shot by Oliver and Jack
Images:
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‘Tastie’ (Tasty) header image (photo-shopped) (http://www.digitalintervention.com/2016/04/30/tasty-videos-are-a-feast-for-the-eyes/
last accessed 23/11/16)
·
McCormick ‘Pure tastes evil’ (Pure tastes
better) end image (photo-shopped) (http://www.jamesianmurphy.com/mccormick/
last accessed 23/11/16)
Transcript:
· “In the last five years, there have been as many
as 200 suicides among pepper farmers.” (21’50”) Kate Humble in Teresa J. Perreault
(2015) ‘The Spice Trail season 3 - Episode 1 Pepper and Cinnamon - BBC
Documentary’, YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAfiduVxE2I&t=1308s
last accessed 23/11/16)
Acknowledgements:
Video production: Livvy, Jules
Information gathering: Oliver, Jack, Livvy, Ginny, Caroline, Lily, Hannah, Jules
Blog production: Caroline, Ginny, Hannah
Recipe footage: Jack, Oliver
Design input: Lily, Jack, Hannah, Caroline, Ginny, Livvy, Oliver, Jules
'Tastie' Parody Video Disclaimer:
This video has been put together entirely in the spirit of parody and does not seek in any way to be demeaning and critiquing of any of the brands mentioned and/or alluded to. We have complied with the legislation stating that "[t]here is an exception to copyright that permits people to use limited amounts of copyright material without the owner’s permission for the purpose of parody, caricature or pastiche.” (HM Government, 2014, np; emphasis added).
We hereby heed parody to refer to "an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect." (Anon, 2016, np). In keeping with the notion of comedy, we understand that if our content is not considered funny, "it's not parody" (Baker, 2014: 134), however we maintain that our aims are strictly geared towards entertainment and comedy. It is important for us to clarify this 'grey area' (Baker, 2014) in order to prevent any offence(s) emerging from our work.
We hope that you will enjoy it as much as we intend it to be entertaining.
References:
Baker, V. (2014) 'Humour on record'. Index on censorship, 43(4): 134-136.
Anon (2014) ‘Exceptions to copyright’, UK Government Intellectual Property Office, 18 November (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright last accessed 23/11/16)
Anon (2016) 'parody Google search', Google, (https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=define+parody last accessed 25/11/16)
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