Over the summer you need to watch several examples of Postmodern Films and television. And maybe ecven play some computer games.
This can be as a part of your general interaction with the Media - you need to start to put together an idea of what makes something Postmodern, and how can you apply Postmodern theories to film, television, music and videogames.
Consider ideas to do with the changing nature of reality and the way narratives develop, the declining importance of truth, the blurring of boundaries between truth and fiction, and between high and low culture, the increasing intertextual referencing between texts, the increasing distance between real and mediated communication - how often do you actually talk to anyone anymore? What are the positives to social networking, mobile 'phones and Skype? What are the downsides?
Blade Runner [1982] - 'more human than human' - if we can no longer discern human from robot - how can we judge what is humane? What's real? What's truth and what's fiction?
Atonement [2008] - a story about storytelling - think about how the ending changes everything that's gone before...
The Matrix [1999] - 'Welcome to the real world...'
A Cock & Bull Story [2006] / The Trip [BBC 2010] - where are the real Rob Brydon and real Steve Coogan? How are these hyperreal
Fight Club [1999]
Pulp Fiction [1994] / Inglorious Basterds [2009]
Scream [1997]
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang [2005]
Inception [2010] / Memento [2000]
Avatar [2010]
In This World [2002]
I’m Still Here [2011]
Exit Through the Gift Shop [2010]
Catfish [2011]
Life on Mars [BBC 2006-2008]
Source Code [2011]
The Adjustment Bureau [2011]
Scott Pilgrim vs the World [2010]
Kick Ass [2010]
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [2004]
Adaptation [2002]
Being John Malkovich [1999]
Extras [BBC 2005-2007] / The Office [BBC 2001-2003]
