Post Modernism
- Irony
- Parody – without respect, often making fun
- Homage – paying respect from genre / style / product.
- Bricolage – sampling and using older media products to create a new one.
- Intertextual References
- Fragmented narrative – nonlinear / chronological structure. May include flashbacks, crosscut scenes etc.
- Self-reflexivity – aware they are in a media product, direct address breaking the fourth wall. May talk to other characters about being in a media product.
- Common Themes – what if ….?
- Loss of reality – lack of verisimilitude (lacks realism)
- Tends to be a product from the 80’s 90’s and onwards.
Baudrillard
- Reality VS Artificial
- Loss of reality, used to be real stories and people everything has become heightened reality however still has elements of reality, and then there is simulacra = Artificial copies not really linked to reality.
- Simulacra become hard to find the difference from reality = hyperreality.
- Audiences prefer simulacra to reality.
- Simulacra = plural
- Simulacrum = single
Links
to set texts:
Stranger
Things
- Is a simulacrum, the plot if far removed from reality, although there are traces of it.
- Intertextual references to numerous movies.
- Pays homage to the 80’s.
- Fragmented narrative
- Common surreal themes
Titanium
- Is a simulacrum, the plot if far removed from reality, although there are traces of it.
- Pays homage to Super 8 and the 80s
- Intertextual references to Super 8
Stop Where
You Are
- Self-reflexivity - direct address/ breaking the fourth wall
- Fragmented narrative
Jungle Book
- Is a simulacrum, the plot if far removed from reality
- Bricolage of the original movie and book
- Pays homage to the book / movie.
Minecraft
- Is a simulacrum, the plot if far removed from reality
- Parody to various media products fan made
- Homage to various media products fan made
