Dystopian Examples

Tv programme:

Cyber bully-(2011) (drama) it's about a couple of teenagers who were subjected to a campaign for bullying through a social media site. The protagonist is blackmailed into confessing her part in another teenager's suicide and also threatens to put up nude photos of her and her friends online. He forced her to take an overdose of her anxiety pills. There is a lack of hope in the future for her.

Postmodernism: Hyperreality Research

Postmodernism

A style and concept in the arts characterised by a distrust of theories and ideologies and by drawing of attention to conventions.- dictionary meaning

Media reality has become the new reality. (blurs media representation and reality)

For instance some examples are: Instagram (a photo is taken of a real image and then edited)

Reality shows (parts are scripted for entertainment).

 

Postmodern media rejects the idea that any media product or text is any greater value than another.

Within postmodernism there is no ultimate truth, just arguments and representations of the truth. Which means that the representations we do see are just the winning truth.
We now live in a reality defined by images and representations (state of simulacrum).

 

Founders:

 

Lyotard and Baudrillard were the founders of the postmodern movement.

 

Lyotard’s theory: texts or images can never accurately reproduce reality or truth.

Baudrillard’s theory: there is only the surface meaning: there is no longer any 'original' thing for a sign to represent. We inhabit a society made up wholly of simulacra.

Hyperreality:

Hyperreality is a text that is said to be intertextual and self referential, as they break the rules of realism to explore the nature of their own status as constructed texts (represent media reality).

Postmodernism:Smurfs 1958-2014

Tv Series 1958

Nostalgia- The smurfs first started in 1958 as a tv series, then became a comic book and had games alongside, then in 2011 the film "smurfs" was released and now in 2014 the latest game "smurfs village" was released, this is nostalgic because older generations can recall the tv series and comic books.

2014 Smurfs Village Game

Nothing New/Nothing Original-The smurfs has elements of nothing new/nothing original because it went from a tv series to comic books to over 10 games and 2 films, this may be seen as repetitive for the audience. 

Generic Hybridisation-The smurfs have generic hybridity as their films and comics and tv series are a mixture of Action, Adventure and Humour.

Intertextuality- The smurfs have alot of intertextual references in the film from other texts such as  "lord of the rings". 1 intertextual reference in the film is when the character of smurffet says the line "I kissed a smurf and I liked it". This is a clear reference to the song "I kissed a girl and I liked it" by the Katy Perry. There is also a scene where a character of smurffet wears a new dress which is blown up by the wind, this is a clear reference to the famous scene done by Marilyn Monroe. There are also references to Mary Poppins when a smurf jumps of the bridge and uses her hat as a parachute.

Black Mirror

Season 1:
Episode 1: The National Anthem

Princess, peoples reaction, prime minister, pig

This episode is about a princess who is kidnapped and the only way to save her is if the prime minister has sexual intercourse with a pig.

The Media plays a big part in this episode as the video of the princess is put on youtube and then spread onto differnt social networking sites.

The prime minister then is forced to have sexual intercourse with the pig, some people are so against it and disgusted that they end up commiting suicide.

At then end the princess is let free and we find out that it was all part of the best art work in the 21stvdentury involving over 1.3 billion people. 

Episode 2: 15 Million Merits

People cycling in order to gain merits

The Auditions For Hot Shots

This episode is about virtual reality where people spend all day riding bikes in order to gain merits so they can spend on their virtual characters.

This episode is also very media based because it sort of reflects the worl that we live in at the moment, the fact that everyone relies on media. The only way to escape is to become famous on hot shots in prder for the, to focus on something else even thoug the media is still involved.

Episode 3: The Entire History Of You

Re-watching old memories 

Cutting out his memory chip

This episode is about a memory card which is placed in the head which allows you to replay any of your memories.

My opinion is that we all wished we could replay our memories but only the good ones and in this episode that is not the case, people become obsessed in replaying and it becomes out of hand, people also use it to prove points from the past.

Series 2:
Episode 1:  Be Right Back

Messages from her dead husband

Waiting for a text message from her dead husband

This episode is about a husband who is completley obsessed with his phone, him and his wife hire a van when he goes to return he does not comw back leaving his wife pregnant and alone.

 The wife can only communicate with her husband through texts and phone calls and at the end she even meets a robot replica of her husband.

Episode2: White Bear

The symbol that controls  all the technology

People filming 

Staff member after woman

This episode is based on a game show where a murder is the main attraction. Everyday they delete her memory and make her suffer what her and her boyfriend did to his daughter (abuse and kill her whilst filmimg it) at the end there is a huge twist because that is when the audience understands that its a resort park and she is now paying for what she did by having hundreds of people filmimg her everyday with her not having a clue of whats going on (revenge) 

Episode 3 The Waldo Moment

Waldo receiving many votes 

Waldo attending political events  

This episode is about a comedian who becomes this character called waldo and involves himself in political events.

At first people find the bear childish to be in the elections but then they take him as being funny and he gaims many votes and almost wins the elections   

Pomo Text Draft 2

Pomo text dance flick from katiamartins96

Assignment1: Something Pomo

Pomo Research Presentation