I
started with this amazing idea of pulling a bunch of footage from all the
greatest kung fu films, then I realize that there was not so much of an
argument in doing so, and it was a huge amount of work. My piece is a humble
attempt on trying to reinforce what Ip
Man 2 teaches us during this film
in a concentrate 3 minutes short film. Yip Man is talking about the importance
of Kung fu as “the heart of the Chinese people.” This means that he values his
traditions and worked his life passing these on, from one generation to
another. Sadly, there are people who believe that one tradition is better than
others, and because of globalization matters, cultural identity is becoming
standardize. Even though since the beginning of the semester I’ve argued that
globalization is not so much as a problem but an opportunity to share and
embrace different cultures. If there are no people to share, keep and pass on
their own cultural traditions a hybrid culture and the sharing wouldn’t be so
much. Because of this, I’m arguing
against people who feel that other cultures or traditions are better than others
only because they are more globalize or popular. I believe in taking a stand on
people who undermine one culture over the other by defending, keeping and sharing
with others the power of traditions and cultural identity.
First
of all, I did think to big for starters on what I wanted to accomplished in my
video taking two text that one of the film Ip
Man 2 is too explicit with my own argument, and the other was too
complicated to organized as is the series Dragon
Ball Z. Because of that, I decided to reinforce the message within Ip Man 2 with different Kung Fu Films
that represent the traditional oriental cinema such as Seven Samurais, Ip Man I and
II, Hero, Fearless, The legend of the
Drunken Master. With all these films I also included the starts of Kung fu
Films and the one who trained and defend this martial art as is Yip Man the
grand master, followed by Bruce Lee, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Jackie Chan. That is
one of the first thing that I wanted to include, but to make this more into a
globalize world I include Hollywood references such as Kung Fu Panda, Kill Bill,
Matrix. Finally, I add some of the Dragon Ball Z series because I felt that
it was a huge influence on myself and thousands of children to learn more about
the intensity of martial arts. Also, Goku’s story is based on a traditional
Chinese tale; I thought it was appropriate to have him to defend this tradition
against the boxer who insults Chinese traditions calling it stupid.
I think I was able to achieve a really
simple narrative with a beginning, middle and end, Ip man introducing himself
and then training different students from a wide variety of backgrounds. Then,
the Boxer came in and insult Chinese tradition; there is a challenge and a
fight that he successfully wins. At the end he declares the importance of
respect to all cultures. I believe that the message comes across pretty easily,
and there are some interesting moments in the three parts of my story like the
interaction with Ip Man and other characters, the fight have some good moments,
and the celebration fits very well with the audio of Ip Man. Although I tried
hard to make this a decent video, took me hours to think about my list of
films, selection and acquisition of all these footage, it feels rough at some points,
and I could have done a better job with the fight. Over all, this was a great
learning experience to understand the hard work that people who dedicate time
to remix on videos. I feel very
critical with my last product; still I think that with some weeks more of work
this can be a great subject to go viral.
In
conclusion, feeling superior and better than other culture only shows little
care and information for the importance of cultural identity and how this
contributes to a Hybrid culture in a globalize world. My work wants to portray
the invaluable power of traditions and the impact that can have in a globalize
world. Kung Fu wasn’t popular from day one; there were people such as Yip Man
who taught important students who later on became world wide recognized stars.
This was due to their highly skill abilities and the product of globalization
that allowed countries far way from China to became interested in Chinese traditions
and Martial Arts. Feeling superior
and better than other culture only shows little care and information for the
importance of cultural identity and how this contributes to a Hybrid culture in
a globalize world.
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