There are many media examples of texts or products which deliberately set out to explore and play with this state of hyperreality. These texts are said to be intertextual and self-referential- they break the rules of realism to explore the nature of their own status as constructed texts. in other words, they seek not to represent reality, but to represent media reality.
Examples of films that are postmodern: The Matrix, Blade runner, 500 days of summer (very recent film). The advert for Cadbury's chocolate is seen as postmodern too. The films directed by Michael Winterbottom and the Coen Brothers have postmodern elements aswell. We will be studying a few Michael Winterbottom films in class and analysing the factors that make a film postmodern.
P.A.I.N.P.I.P.E.S
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Aesthetic- How things look
Intertextual-Bringing other texts eg. thaming of the shrew.10 things i hate about you
Nihilism/Nihilistic- no religions, no values
Parody- Immatation
Irony/Ironic- Audience sharing a joke
Pastiche- Mixture of genres eg. scary movie (lots of types, comedy, horror etc)
Electic- blend of genres
Self-referential- relating to the audience
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Good stuff Steph!
Where is the Coen Bros analysis for Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
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