Post modernism in music video blog tasks

 

Postmodernism in Music Video: Blog Tasks

1) How is postmodernism defined on the first page of the article?
Postmodernism builds on the idea of questioning traditional ideas, structures, and meanings. The article describes it as a cultural movement that rejects established philosophies and often plays with the format or platform it appears in.

2) What did Roland Barthes argue in his essay The Death of the Author?
Barthes argued that an author’s own views, intentions, or explanation of their work are not more important or valid than how readers or viewers choose to interpret it.

3) What is meant by metatextuality?
Metatextuality is when a piece of media draws attention to the fact that it is a constructed text. It may highlight the process of its own creation or directly refer to itself as a media product.

4) What phrase is repeated in the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28?
The repeated phrase is: “postmodernism is a cultural movement that distrusts all established philosophies and frequently experiments with the medium it is in”.

5) How is postmodernism connected to media representation and reality?
Sometimes, media is perceived as more real than the actual events it represents. For instance, people might remember the Cold War based on how it was shown in Deutschland 83 rather than from real historical facts. This is an example of hyperreality and historical deafness.

Applying Postmodernism to Our Music Video CSPs

1) How does the Ghost Town music video include postmodern elements?
The video uses intertextuality by referencing the horror film M through the car’s shadow on the wall. It also uses pastiche by copying the visual style of Hammer horror films. Hyperreality appears in how viewers might imagine 1980s London based on the music video, not real life.

2) Which film genres are referenced in Ghost Town and in which scenes?
The horror film M is referenced by the car shadow. The chiaroscuro lighting is a nod to both horror and crime genres. The outfits and slow-moving car also resemble classic crime films.

3) How does Old Town Road use postmodern features in its music video?
It plays with time and space by mixing the past and present, especially through the tunnel scene. Bricolage is used to combine different time periods. The video is also a pastiche of Western films. There are intertextual links to TikTok trends of the time, and it creates hyperreality by showing a version of the Wild West that people may now associate with the real past.

4) How does the Old Town Road video show technological convergence and reflect modern digital culture?
The song went viral through a TikTok trend before being released as a music video on YouTube. It blends genres like rap and country. The video also mixes past and present visuals, such as a horse next to a car, showing how old and new coexist in today’s culture.

5) What do you think Lil Nas X was trying to say about reality and American culture in Old Town Road?
I think he was trying to highlight unity between different races and challenge stereotypes. Many people didn’t accept the song as “country” at first because of his race. The video shows how music can unite people instead of dividing them.

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