First essay plan

  

Task 1. 

Topic: Postmodernism

Aspect: Texts 

Viewpoint: Time & Space 

Instruction: To what extent

Task 2.

Postmodernism rejects the truth of time and space. 'Inglorious Basterds' manipulates time through placing songs such as David Bowie in a film set in WW2. Inception manipulates time and space through the layers which differentiate in time and space.

Task 3.

Quentin Tarantino & 'Inglorious Basterds' uses pastiche to mock existing films that claim to be true stories or realistic, by making a film that people think is completely untrue and farfetched, when in really it is no less untrue than films made to be realistic. Also long dialogue's in french and german, more realistic than most american war films which claim to be truth and they usually have germans and french speaking english with an accent. Pastiche towards traditional war film - voices are  OTT and eccentric. Film within a film. However uses homage by placing David Bowie songs, western film aspects and 'Mexican standoff' all aspects which Tarantino like and includes across his film work - pulp fiction - kill bill. Tarantino is trying to make a statement about war films and our knowledge of war films; that societies outlook of war films is is now just the media's perception of war and our view of war is now from films - relate to Fiske. Added Bricolage- random things to add conspiracy and question conventions and idea's. 

Inception manipulates time and space through the layers which differentiate in time and space. Hans Zimmer Edith Piaf music is played as a kick to wake up the characters and is also heard by the 

• How post-modern media relate to genre and narrative
• post-modern cinema,
• interactive media,
• music video,
• advertising,
• post-modern audience theories,
• parody and pastiche in media texts or a range of other applications of post-modern media theory.