Class Notes

Blade Runner Notes.
There are many elemtns in Blade runner which are Postmodern such as:

• The blurring of boundries, like between past and present, as the film is set in the future, 2019, but yet still feautures elements from the eighties such as technology and fashion. Even though the technology is considered advanced it looks dated and old.
• Additionally there is refernece to the present.
• The film also includes graphic scenes which before in cinema would be considered unsuitable, therefore it is presenting the unpresentable.
• Blade runner signifies freedom and self expression usuallly through violence or sexuality.
• In postmodern films female characters are categorised under two categories which are Red and White. A Red women is usually sexualised, strong and independant, where as White women are middleclass, respectable and housewife characters. We see this in Blade Runner as Pris and Zhora are Red women and Rachel is White. Yet when she realises she is a replicant she becomes more sexual.
• Blade runner comes under two main genres which are science fiction and detective noir.

What are the differen versions of Post modernism?
Reference to:

• Historical development
• Styles
• Theatrical approaches
• The Future

What are the arguements for and against understanding some forms of media and post modernism?

How does Post modernism challenge?

How do Post modernism media audiences and industries operate differently in a Post modernism world?

How does Post modernism relate to narrative and genre?

14/6/12
2 hour exam
Section A - 2 questions 25 marks each
Part 1 - Theoretical evaluation of production work

Part 2 - Concerning your production work relating to:

• Genre
• Narrative
• Represntation
• Audience
• Media theory and language

Section B - 1 question 50 marks
Contemporary media issues Post modernism

Questions

What are the different version of Post Modernism?

• Historical Development
• Styles
• Throretical approaches

What are the arguements for and against undersanding some forms of media as post modern?

How do post modern texts challenge traditional 'text-reader' realtions and the concept of representations?

In what ways do post modern media audiences and industries operate differently in a postmodern world?

How do post modern texts/media relate to narrative and genre?