Videos on Postmodernism

Modernism x Postmodernism, The Conventions

Modernism Postmodernism Adheres to Western hegemonic values Contests Western hegemonic values Focus on the writer Focus on the reader Focus on interiority Focus on exteriority Alienation Collective voices Unreliable narrator Ironic narrator Rejection of realism Ambivalence towards realism Literature is self-contained Literature is open and intertextual High-brow genres Mixing of high- and low-brow genres Rejection of literary conventions Parody of literary conventions Metafictional Metafictional Idiosyncratic language Simple language

Generic Signifiers - The Bridge

Recurring Situations - Murder and attempted murder/ Terrorist plot/ Countdown to destruction/ Examining CCTV footage Police car chase/ Photofit/ Timely rescue Car search/ Clear the building / Confronting the suspect. Detective stands alone. Elements of the Narrative - Investigative narrative Clear disruption of equilibrium (Todorov) Closure of some narrative strands with some resolution Surreal elements (Martin’s vision of Jens) Driven by binary opposites e.g. cops v criminals, personal v professional Style - Chiaroscuro lighting – effect of duality or bars (imprisonment). Low key. Closed frames - entrapment Desaturated/grey/khaki colour palette – bleak Soundtrack – eerie, echoing. Windows and reflections – themes of appearance v reality Iconography - Police uniforms, cars, flashing lights and sirens Technology- PCs/mobile phones/ evidence bags Clues (e.g. lapel pin)/ handcuffs/ poison / gun / alibis – dates, times/jargon Setting...

AS Media - Daniel

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