Dennis Media Coursework

  1) Music Video: Introduction - factsheet questions 2)  Mus ic Video: Old Town Road CSP 3)  Music Video: Postcolonial theory 4) Music Video: Ghost Town CSP 5)  Music Video: Postmodernism and music video

  1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article? Post modernism 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 writers opinion/interpretation/intention of their work is no more valid than the readers which suggests he believes readers should be free to interpret a text in any way they believe to be right. 3) What is metatextuality? Metatextuality is where a text draws attention to the fact it is a text.This reminds the reader what their consuming has been constructed. 4) What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28? Post modernism is a cultural movement. 5) How does postmodernism link to media representations and reality? Postmodernism links to representation and reality as it brings light to the medias ability to dist...

 1) Type up your feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Good attempt at providing a balanced answer  EBI: Debatable conclusions to do with Deutschland 83 2) Read the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Identify at least one potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment (even if you got full marks for the question). 1= Could discuss the range of genres being represented by the poster including sci fi and Kung Fu  2= Dramas are constructed for entertainment and escapism.  3) The first question demanded a response using postmodern terminology. Write a definition here of the three main terms: Bricolage: Mixing old and new Pastiche: Paying homage to old media products Intertextuality: Reference to another media product 4) Read this exemplar answer for the 25-mark question in the assessment. Select a quote from the essay for each of the following aspects from the ma...