post modernism quiz

Post Modernism Quiz

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QUICK FIRE BUZZER ROUND 1Quick Fire Buzzer Round 1

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How many sections are there in the exam?

• A) One• B) Two• C) Three• D) Four

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Which section is on Post Modernism?

A

B

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• How many marks are each question out of?• Section A

– 1A – – 1B -

• Section B -

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• How many marks are each question out of?• Section A

– 1A – 25– 1B - 25

• Section B - 50

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• How many question options do you have in Section B

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• How many question options do you have in Section B

• Two

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• What are the two most likely topics that will come up in question 1A?

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• What are the two most likely topics that will come up in question 1A?– Using Real Media Conventions– Research and Planning

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• What are the three most likely topics that will come up in question 1B?

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• What are the three most likely topics that will come up in question 1B?– Audience– Media Language– Narrative

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• Spell this man’s name (starts with S)

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• Spell this man’s name (starts with S)• Strinati

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Who came up with the concept of Hyperreality?

A) Strinati

B) Baudrillard

C) Lyotard

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• Fill in the missing word…..• We inhabit a society made up wholly of

____________ - simulations of reality

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• How many ‘rules’ or features did Strinati argue that a Post modern text had?

Question – White boards at the ready!

• What are Strinati’s five rules?

Question - White boards at the ready!

• What are Strinati’s five rules?A) The breakdown of the distinction between culture

and society. (mediatisation)B) An emphasis on style at the expense of substance

and content.C) The Breakdown of the distinction between high

culture (art) and popular cultureD) Confusion over time and spaceE) Decline of Meta-Narratives• Bonus Question – give an example of each of

these from a text

Question – White boards at the ready!

Which of the following is not a Strinati ‘rule’?

A) The breakdown of the distinction between culture and society. (mediatisation)

B) An emphasis on style at the expense of substance and content

C) There is nothing new - culture ‘eats itself’D) Confusion over time and space

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Which of the following is not a Strinati ‘rule’?


B) An emphasis on style at the expense of substance and content

C) There is nothing new - culture ‘eats itself’D) Confusion over time and space


Which Stinati rule/feature do Borat, Ali G and Jedward illustrate?


B) An emphasis on style at the expense of substance and content.

C) The Breakdown of the distinction between high culture (art) and popular culture

D) Confusion over time and spaceE) Decline of Meta-Narratives


What rule does this picture represent?


B) An emphasis on style at the expense of substance and content.

C) The Breakdown of the distinction between high culture (art) and popular culture

D) Confusion over time and spaceE) Decline of Meta-Narratives


• What is bricolage?


• What is bricolage?

• Cobbling together bits and pieces from a range of sources to create a new thing, Copy and paste style, Mixing together of genres an forms


• Give two examples of parody/pastiche – you need to be as specific as possible

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• What is the name of the female stalker character in FOTC

• Bonus Point Question - What is post modern point to be made about this character?

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• Name the two main performers in FOTC (first and last)

• Bret Mckenzie and Jemaine Clement

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• Name one other key character• Rhys Darby, Mel, Dave

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• Which TV company made FOTC?

• HBO

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• In what year did to premiere on US TV?• 2007

Question - - White boards at the ready!

• What are meta narratives/ Grand Narrative? • Bonus Question – Name one


• Who came up with what phrase?

• Meta Narrative – • Grand Narrative -


• What ‘Media Concept’ is the same as Meta Narrative/ Grand Narrative?

• Ideology


• As a team come up with 5 questions based around Supernatural – write them on your white board.

• Swap boards with another team• Answer the questions and give them back to

the group that created them• Mark out of 5


• What are the four stages that we go through in order to create a hyperreality.

• Bonus question – how do these stages link with the dream levels in Inception


• The first stage is a faithful image/copy (the busy city street)

• The second stage is perversion of reality, Here, signs and images do not faithfully reveal reality to us. Reality has been slightly heighten or exaggerated . (The Hotel scene)

• The third stage masks the absence of a profound reality, where the simulacrum pretends to be a faithful copy, but it is a copy with no original. (Snowbound Mountain Fortress)

• The fourth stage is pure simulation, in which the simulacrum has no relationship to any reality whatsoever. (Limbo)


• What is a simulacra? • A representation, image or of something that

has been copied many times and the representation or image may have lost all connect to what it represents – it can be an object as well

• Bonus Question – give me an example of a simulacra.

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Who said "Postmodernism tries to come to terms with and understand a media-saturated society. The mass media, for example, were once thought of as holding up a mirror to, and thereby reflecting, a wider social reality. Now that reality is only definable in terms of surface reflection of the mirror"

A) Strinati

B) Baudrillard

C) Lyotard

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• Spell the mans name that starts with B…..

• Baudrillard

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• Who directed Inception

• Christopher Nolan

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• What year was it released?

• 2010

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• What Hollywood production company that distributed (made) the film

• Warner Bros

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• What was the production budget?

• 160 million

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• What was the name of the acter who played Robert Fischer?

• Cillian Murphy

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• Quotes:• Eames: They come here every day to sleep? • WHO SAID THIS LINE: [towards Cobb] No. They

come to be woken up. The dream has become their reality. Who are you to say otherwise, son?

• Bonus Question – How does this question link to post modernism?

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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362766/?ref_=tt_trv_qu

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• What film was Baudrillard heavily involved in making and many of his ideas were explored in?

• The Matrix

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• Who directed the Matrix? One point for each person (2) bonus 1 for spelling it correctly

• Larry and Andy Wachowski,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wachowski_brothers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wachowski_brothers

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• When was it released?• 1999

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• Gorillaz• Name the virtual band members – one point

each (total of 4)• 2D (lead vocalist, keyboard), Murdoc Niccals

(bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, keyboard, and occasional vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums and percussion).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2D_(Gorillaz)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murdoc_Niccals



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodle_(Gorillaz)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russel_Hobbs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russel_Hobbs

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• Name the real band members (total of 2)• Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Albarn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Albarn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Hewlett

Question – Stop picking on me!

Gorillaz

Lady Gaga

GTA


• What are the six ‘Media Concepts’ we can used to assess whether or not a text is post modern– Media Language– Genre– Representation– Narrative– Ideology– Audience

Question- White boards at the ready!

• Explain how each of the Media Concepts can be used in a post modern way


• Give a specific example for the text we have studied that fit each of these concepts in a Post modern way


• Who said what – Panopitcalisation (gaining power through watching)a. Barthesb. Hallc. Jamesond. Foucault


• Who said what – Hegemonic Reading/ Negotiated Reading/ Oppositional Readinga. Barthesb. Hallc. Jamesond. Foucault


• Who said what – The study of signs and symbols (denotative and connotative)a. Barthesb. Hallc. Jamesond. Foucault


• Who said what – we live in a time of historical deafness and depthlessnessa. Barthesb. Hallc. Jamesond. Foucault

post modernism quiz

Education

question options

question spell

b section b

question white boards

question white boards

mediatisation b

new culture

popular culture d confusion