Postmodern Media

Postmodern media contains these aspects, this is just a way of remembering them.

B & H P A I N P I P E S

Bricolage
&
Hypereality

Play
Aestaetic
Irony
Ninilism

Parody
Intertextuality
Pastiche
Eclectic
Selfreferential


Example of music as a postmodern text - Cold cut Beats and pieces:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adLFpRP_MkA

The song includes aspects of various genres and styles. Songs comprised of such material are known as mash-ups.

Parts of this particular song are used in a very postmodern sitcom known as 'spaced'.


Styles included in example: Classical (Peter and the wolf)
Hip hop
Big beat
Alternative
Funk
Effects such as static and scratching on vinyls

Postmodernism Homework Task - The Mighty Boosh as a postmodern text

1. Eclecticism - A wide range of influences and techniques

2. Intertextuality - An authors borrowing and transformation other a previous text

3. Parody - A satirical imitation of a text

4. Bricolage - A technique where the product is created from various materials

5. Acts against modernism - Postmodern ideology goes against the ideas of the modern era e.g. progress, reason, certainty, personal identity and grand narrative

6. Nostalgic - Celebrates/remembers the past for its good points

7. Narcissistic - Fascination with your self much like vanity

8. An active audience - Meaning and experience can only be created by the individual, and cannot be made objective by an author or a narrator.


9. Hyper-concious - Aware of itself