Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Lesson 4.3 Case Study 1: Wreck It Ralph Style & Structure (Hist)


 "in a world in which stylistic innovation is no longer possible, all that is left is to imitate dead styles” Jameson
Starter: Pokemon & Chinpokomon south park
Pokemon – revise your H/W what elements of Pomo are there?


What was the purpose of pokemon?
Task: Draw  your own – name & special power

How do you feel when you reminiscence?  What is that feeling & why is it marketable – what will happen in 18 years (transformers & my generation)

Swap and discuss this list – ANALYSE, how does this make Pokemon deeper meanings or a 'richer' text for study (18 years old!!!)

Create a 'quote' to respond to justifying Pokemon as a Case Study for Pomo (a kids show flogging toys as a valid cultural statement like Shakespeare an that)

Consumer Culture/materialism
Hyper-reality/Simulation 
Global culture/national boundaries









Screen Tron 1st x 30 mins
Historical version of Postmodernism compare style to Wreck It Ralph
How does this demonstrate Nostalgia, CULTURAL RECYCLING?
Discuss relationship of the film to Tron
How is the clip postmodern?
Religion (grand narratives)
Collapse boundaries between 2 worlds
Heightened augmented reality
Human or Technology ('User' or 'Programme')
Simulation (faces, clouds & cities, people 
Audience sense of nostalgia (Retro) conclusion

Q. How does this relate to Wreck It Ralph? How has postmodernism developed from it's older*** version of Postmodernism?





"in a world in which stylistic innovation is no longer possible, all that is left is to imitate dead styles” Jameson
Create Meaning: Mind Map the Intertextual references from the film
Q. How does your familiarity with and immersion with the characters change how you read the text - how does Nostalgia makes it's meaning richer? 

To what extent is Wreck It Ralph a 'Post'-Modern text? 
Collect examples from the clips

Discuss how it demonstrates the following to create something new and create Nostalgia
  1. PARODY &/or PASTICHE
  2. BRICOLAGE  
    INTERTEXTUALITY (TRON?)
    HYBRIDITY   
  3. NOSTALGIA & RETRO  
  4. PLAYFUL & IRONIC (Self Reflexive)

 
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1. Analyse the film for examples of Cultural Recycling (Intertextuality, Bricolage) - how is it making something out of existing texts and how does it create Nostalgia/Retro?
 
Create Meaning

2. Historical 'Post structural' Approach

 Analyse how the film demonstrates the collapse of structures (Narrative, Genre, Stereotypes Hero/Villain, Gender, Real/Artificial, Audience)?

3. Explain why Intertextuality, Nostalgia and Bricolage are 'post' modern are 'after' or 'anti' Modern

4. Justify: Is Ralph Post-structurally 'Postmodern' - does it have any 'grand narratives' (messages or morality) - it is a Disney film...



Homework: MID MODULE ASSESSMENT TASK: MICRO ESSAY 2: 300 WORDS
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