Postmodern Style (Jameson) Music (Gaga & Minaj)

Prepare for Learning – Starter: Intertextuality > Bricolage (DJ Shadow)

Bricolage your own samples - Djactivity mixing tracks together

http://www.muziic.com/dj/

http://leighmediaasmusicind.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/music-soundscapevisualisationprosumers.html

Endtroducing

http://www.fupa.com/play/Rhythm-free-games/fantasy-dj-beat-maker-techno-beats-edition-2.html

 

 

 "in a world in which stylistic innovation is no longer possible, all that is left is to imitate dead styles”

Post Modern Aesthetic (Style) – what it looks like in Media Texts – largely rely on this - To consider whether a text is ‘postmodern’ or not we will largely rely on a stylistic approach, which themselves are a product of historical and theoretical approaches.

Jameson & Cultural Recycling – Create Meaning (Quiz)

1. SIMULACRA,
2. PARODY & PASTICHE,
3. SELF REFLEXIVITY
4. STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE – Superficial & 'Fake'
5. HYPERREALITY,
6. IRONY (Playful, trashy and it knows it)
7. ALIENATION & DYSTOPIA
8. BRICOLAGE,
9. INTERTEXTUALITY,
10. HYBRIDITY,
11. DISLOCATION FROM TIME & SPACE
12. NOSTALGIA

Therefore “Culture eats itself” Jameson. (Cultural Recycling)

Analysis of Lady Gaga & Niki Minaj as Postmodern 'characters'

Lady Gaga 1 group (Paparazzi) 

Nicki Manaj group 2 (Superbass)

1. SIMULACRA
2. PARODY & PASTICHE
3. SELF REFLEXIVITY
4. STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE – Superficial & 'Fake'
5. HYPERREALITY
6. IRONY
7. BRICOLAGE
8. INTERTEXTUALITY

Lady Gaga and Postmodernism by gobld0015427

Create a Prezi to demonstrate each aspect you can find – pair up and educate each other (split to define each aspect)

• Music Videos
• Album Covers
• Famous Photoshoot/Press Shots
• Early career/the 'reality' - what they looked like before they were famous
• Articles about them being 'postmodern'
• How they collapse boundaries/structures (ie. Pornography/Morality)

What to write/present: Focus on Jameson
Analyse how does it use Jamesons' cultural recycling/postmodern styles to create 'character'

Apply: Write a conclusion:
Explain how the character is richer/creates depth of meaning using postmodern style (Bricolage, Intertextuality, Paorody, Pastiche etc)

Check your learning

http://prezi.com/qmj8vltomnmt/nicki-minaj/

http://prezi.com/avechpzdowjx/how-is-lady-gaga-a-postmodern-artist/

week 1 way in ppt. Intertextuality, parody, pastiche, bricolage, Nostalgia - Jameson

Create meaning: Intertextual Collage for your chosen text share 300 report to on PoMo style Homework

Go through together and apply each term to your text – to what extent are they pomo using style?

ppt. week 1 style post modern aesthetics jameson

Apply to demonstrate –

Wreck it Ralph – our key example!!! notes for the exam (watch the film, given set sequences)

Present as a Directors Commentary

Pick key sequences in it using key words from style aesthetics

Analyse meaning – how does the text become 'richer' how does it communicate through these cultural signs

Explain how nostalgia and cultural recycling are characteristics