Wes Anderson - #Pomo or not #Pomo?

As we are going to be looking at the concepts of 'quirky sensibility' and 'new sincerity' through the work of Wes Anderson, this video (once again shared via 'FilmSchoolRejects') was very timely:

You can see more videos about Wes Anderson's films here, here and here.

We will be asking the question: Is Wes Anderson's work postmodern or does his work represent something that might be considered post-postmodernism, metamodernism or is it not postmodern at all?

Everything is a Remix - Remastered (2015)

Kirby Ferguson has remastered his seminal series 'Everything is a Remix' as one single video. This continues to be the starting point for our study into Postmodern Media.

Please watch and make detailed notes. We will begin our study of Postmodern Media on Thursday 1st October.

'From 'Clueless' To 'Fancy' - Pop Music Videos Inspired By TV & Film'

The relationship between film and music videos has a long history, not least due to the fact that many film directors started their careers making music videos.

The influence works both ways though and ex-media student Jess Mockler shared the following link to a post about music videos that have been inspired by films: http://www.capitalfm.com/photos/music-videos-inspired-by-film/

Click through and take a look. This is a good intro into one of the many facets of postmodern media - remember 'everything is a remix'!

Most Sampled Songs of All Time.

This list shows the most sampled songs of all time, and displays the ideas of Everything is a Remix. You can listen to the songs and then hear the other tracks that have sampled the sounds and ideas. The top song has been sampled 1351 times; take a look see if you can add anything to the list or search for your favourite song and see if it has been sampled.

Click Here to start listening.

Postmodernism and The Media

Virtual Reality - The Next Big Thing?

This Fast Co.Design article, following Facebook's acquisition of Oculus VR, asks whether virtual reality could be the next big thing?

With reference to classic Sci-Fi texts including The Lawnmower Man and The Matrix, the article considers the potential convergence of wearable technologies, social media and virtual reality.

#CyberPunk #FTW!

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Everything is a Remix (Catch up & Case Study)

Kirby Ferguson the creator of the series "Everything is a Remix" is back with a one off special on the iPhone and where the influence of both the first iPhone and OS 7 came from.



If your not up-to-date with the series then here are the videos.

Catherine Cronin - Enacting Digital Identity

Posting this for future use with my A2 Media Studies class...

Catherine Cronin on 'Enacting Digital Identity'. Her post includes a useful set of slides including some very pertinent ideas/quotations about digital identity. There are also some very useful links to related articles at the bottom of the post. 

Go check 'em out!

A Postmodern Case Study into Arrested Development

Arrested Development a short lived American sitcom on Fox, lasting for only 3 seasons, until it was picked up by Netflix for a 4 season; collected a cult following due to its postmodern style of television.  It was, and still is, a ground breaking television show that uses: Intertextuality, Self-Reference, Hybridisation and Bricolage to create cross episode and season narratives, with a firm foundation in the Postmodern arena.

Here are some interesting articles about Arrested Development and Postmoderism.

There’s Always Money In The Banana Stand: A Genre Analysis of Arrested Development

Why Tobias Is the Best ‘Arrested Development’ Character

Top 10 'Arrested Development' Running Gags


Postmodernism in Arrested Development

Postmodernism: Design in a Nutshell

Found this a bit too late for the class of 2013 but adding it here for use with the class of 2014.

Postmodernism in a nut shell, part of a series of short videos made by the Open University. This one on Modernism is useful too. 

How do you know?

Another take on some POMO ideas.



The Matrix defence:
Wikipedia
News article

Solipsism:
Wikipedia
Philosophy Now

Phaneron:
Wikipedia

404: Page Not Found

Amber Stubbings is an ex-student. She graduated from CCC in 2010. She went on to study 'TV Production' at Southampton Solent University, and is about to graduate. She emailed me with a link to her final project, a short film titled: '404: Page Not Found'. The concept is excellent and is neatly postmodern.

Working as part of a production team, Amber has excelled in her skill development. In this project she worked on 'Art Direction', a very important feature of such a stylised production.

You can watch the Trailer and the entire film below. I am super impressed with Amber's work. This is what you could be producing in a few years time, should you choose to follow a similar career path.

404: Page Not Found (Trailer)

404: Page Not Found (Short Film)

Why the News Isn't Really the News

[A2] Postmodernism - A Brief Review

A clear and succinct overview of the 'theory' of post modernism (and postmodern media) including key ideas, Lyotard, Baudrillard and remixing (via. Hollyfield Media)

Visit Hollyfield Media's YouTube page to find more videos on media theories, including semiotics, structuralism and Marxism.

Digital Identity Resources (vis @catherinecronin)

Here are the links from Cathrine's presentation on Digital Identity that I think will be most helpful in terms of postmodernism.

Social network sites as networked publics (2010) by danah boyd (@zephoria)

Digital identities: Six key selves of networked publics (2012) by Bonnie Stewart (@bonstewart)

Digital dualism and the fallacy of web objectivity (2012) by Nathan Jurgenson (@nathanjurgenson)

The IRL Fetish (2012) by Nathan Jurgenson (@nathanjurgenson)

You are not your name and photo: A call to reimagine identity (2011), Wired article by Tim Carmody (@tcarmody)

We, our digital selves, and us – YouTube video (2012) by Alan Levine (@cogdog)

Please read and make notes!

Catherine Cronin on Digital Identities at #pelc13

Hey, Josh, Hannah, Alice, Lucy, Danni and Alice, this one's for you...

Enacting Digital Identities from Catherine Cronin

While some of her presentation will be directed towards educators, just glancing at the slides, I can see there will be something for the six of you to take away about digital identity in our postmodern age, not least slide 13 <-- go check it out!

So, I know you all have awesomely exciting lives, but perhaps on this rainy day you can spare a little time to watch the live stream at 12:00 (BST) and listen to what @catherinecronin has to say about digital identities.

*The link to click on is GILL GRAGIE CINEMA (ALL KEYNOTES) - Day 2. Sign up and follow instructions.

A2 Easter Homework

Respond to the following #pomo question

• Explain why the idea of ‘postmodern media’ might be considered controversial

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Delve into the resources related to Q1a and Q1b.

Work on your evaluation.

You know where I am if you need me! :-)

AS/A2 Snow Day Work!

School is closed on Monday 21st January.

Please work on the following tasks...

Year 12

1. Continue working on your research/prep for your Magazine Industry presentations.

2. Take the opportunity to update your coursework blog.

Year 13

1. Read this article about the Coen Brothers: Coughlin, P., 2003, Joel and Ethan Coen, Senses of Cinema, Issue 26: http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/great-directors/coens/

2. Take the opportunity to update your coursework blog.

A2: Reminder (Slides and Search)

Just a brief reminder, that all of the slides used during lessons are available online. They include key quotations, concepts and on slide 14 a list of the case studies we have covered and will be covering during the module.

Also, don't forget you can search the blog to find all content related to the unit. Try searching: postmodern or postmodernism.