Postmodernism in music video: Blog tasks

 Postmodernism in music video: Blog tasks

Media Magazine Theory Drop - Postmodernism

Create a new blog post called 'Postmodernism in music video: blog tasks'. Read ‘The Theory Drop: Postmodernism’ in MM66  (p26). You'll find our Media Magazine archive here - remember you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. Answer the following questions:

1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article?

"Postmodernism is a cultural movement that distrusts all established philosophies and frequently experiments with the medium it is presented in."

2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay 'The Death of the Author'?

"he said that a writer’s opinions, intentions or interpretation of their own work are no more valid than anyone else’s.

3) What is metatextuality?

"a form of intertextual discourse in which a text makes critical commentary on itself or on another text."

4) What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28?

The repeated phrase on the cartoon is "Postmodernism is a cultural movement that distrusts all established philosophies and frequently experiments with the medium it is presented in" 

5) How does postmodernism link to media representations and reality?

It blurs the lines between then through the creation and consumption of media products.

Music video CSPs and postmodernism

Now apply postmodern ideas to our music video CSPs by answering the following questions:

1) How does the music video for Ghost Town incorporate elements of postmodernism?

Its a hybrid of story and performance. it also has intertextuality w films form the 90's

2) What film genres are alluded to in the music video for Ghost Town? Which scenes in particular created these links?

Horror films. This is because especially where in one of the scenes w can see shadows and hear wind like noises and are in a very dodgy quiet area.

3) How does Old Town Road use postmodern elements in its music video?

with its use of race and gender. stereotypical of black culture t first then shifts.

4) How does the Old Town Road music video reflect technological convergence and modern digital culture?  

We can see the shift to new tech as there are people who are visually recording on their phones which highlights the modern times where everything is recorded.

5) What do YOU think Lil Nas X was trying to say about reality and American culture in the music video for Old Town Road?

I think that Lil Nas X was trying to say that some people are stuck in the past with according to black representations and that most people have changed their perspectives and have embraced black culture and segregation doesn't really exist.