Roberts Film Blog

Is Pulp Fiction an experimental film ? no pulp fiction is not an experimental film however it uses technique from experimental film. Does the film contain any experiments or subversions of the rules of film form, narrative structure or enigmas ? pulp fiction breaks the 4 wall, when mia makes the square when she goes out for the dance. we never learn what is in the brief case. the store is told in a non linear format. Is it a postmodernist film ? Which postmodernist techniques does it use ? For example, intertextuality. Pulp Fiction is a postmodern film, since earlier films are constantly referred to. The film begins with a reference by Jean-Luc Goddard to the French New Wave film community. Inter-textual comparison to other older films is a central feature of post-modern films. Does the film play with or subvert any audience expectations or conventions of the crime genre ? yes, it kills the main character early in the film. it also has a brief case, we never find out what is in the ...

Family guy uses postmodernism, this is shown in the start wars episodes, Seth MacFarlane uses a parody technique. the whole episode is set in parody form, using jokes and mocking the film that it is referencing, witch is star wars. the key elements of film form are parodied in the episode making light heart of star wars which is an scifi action movies witch is highly respected , whilst family guy is a comedy tv show that isn't highly respected as star wars. the episode also uses dark ironic tones. another show that uses postmodernism techniques is rick and Morty, rick and Morty uses lots of techniques, it uses Reflexivity, the show breaks the 4 th wall quite a lot throughout the seasons, this shows the audience that the characters are aware that they are in a tv show. rick and Morty also uses Eclecticism as it as it references both large and big cultures throughout the show. rick and Morty has its own reality, this technique used is called Hyperreality, the world has multiple unive...

postmodernism:   1. Reflexivity : where a media or film text draws attention to itself as a constructed media text , for instance through breaking the fourth wall 2. Eclecticism; A wide range of influences, contributions and techniques, including both high and low culture. 3. Intertextuality; An author’s reference to ,borrowing and transformation of another media text 4. Pastiche/ Parody; A humorous or satirical imitation of a media text . It can be an extended to a scene, episode or a whole film where not only the setting abd genre but key elements of film form and production is meant to be a pastiche or parody 5. Bricolage; A technique where works are constructed from various materials available :Meaning in media and film works come from how these elements are combined and mixed rather than any new element. 6. Hyperreality : As described by Baudrillard, the idea that we are all living in a "virtual" mediated world with little or no direct "real" experiences. ...