3.4 Case Study 2 Black Mirror: Theoretical Appraoch, Baudrillard, Debord, Foucault

Assessment of Theoretical Approach
http://leighmediaa212pomo.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/45-starter-theoretical-approach.html

Create Meaning
http://leighmediaa212pomo.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/45-case-study-2-15-million-meritswhite.html

Next Lesson - essay boxes, prepare homework:

Pre-reading 1: Article on Black Mirror
http://leighmediaa2pomo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/15-million-merits-postmodernism-essay.html

Prep work 2: Essay Plan on Case Study 1 ready for next lesson
Recap on Learning Case Study 1: Ralph

Lyotard - the lack of belief in the 'Grand Narrative' (Modernist Ideology/Theories accepted as Truth)

What Grand Narratives does Wreck It Ralph (a Disney film) celebrate and NOT reject? 

From Lyotard's approach - is it PostModern?

Assessment question: 

To what extent is Wreck It Ralph a late PostModern text? Refer to Lyotard and Jameson's approaches in your response.  

A Justify your argument - to what EXTENT is it 'Post-modern' (style, themes/ideas in the film) - how has this intensified since Tron?

B Explain why these characteristic are considered 'post-modern' ('after' or 'against' Modernism)

C Analyse the characteristics that qualify the text as being postmodern (relate to Theorists)

1. Structural (Historical) Postmodernism

  (especially Media Theories from Section A)

• Genre (different games genre boundaries, hybridity)
• Narrative (Binary Opposition, Propp's characters? Dystopia)
• Representation (Reality/Artificial, Male/Female, Child/Adult) 
• Audience (between the film and & audience)

2. Stylistic Postmodernism

(Jameson)

• Intertextuality (Tron, Retro 8 bit Games)
• Bricolage
• Parody
• Pastiche
• Playful & Ironic
• Hybridity 
• Nostalgia (references to the 1980's)

(Lyotard)

• Lack of Belief in Progress
• Rejection of Grand Narratives (BIG TRADITIONAL IDEAS) = Empty of meaning/Superficial
• Rejection of Grand Narratives = Collapsing Theories/Structures (aka Grand narratives - good beats evil, hero beats villain, hero = good, villain = bad)

(Baudrillard)

• Hyperreal (Augmented/enhanced reality - ie dogs can talk in Family Guy)
• Simulation (Simulacra)

Pre-reading 2: Prep for Case Study 2 Black Mirror
 Next Lesson: E/O/Module Assessment:
http://leighmediaa212pomo.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/lesson-51-assessment.html