Examples of Postmodern media

All these directors are labelled as 'Auteur's'- an Auteur is a filmmaker who has a personal style & keeps creative control over his/her works

Micheal Winterbottom

• Winterbottom's films all deliberately mess around with the boundary between suspending disbelief, reality & the obviously artificial
• tends to use a lot of handheld cameras. E.g 'In this world'(2002)
• In this world is regarded different as it is more 'serious' about Afghan refugees. The actors in the film are real refugees, so the film mixes real footage of their journey with scripted scene therefore playing with reality.

Coen Brothers

• Uses Irony constantly & existing material & ideas are remixed & played with
• Coen brothers are said to 'represent the film world rather than the real world'
• Blood Simple (1984) used shots that have been used on other films
• The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) & Barton Flink (1991) references to popular culture, intertextuality & override any sense of 'pure reality'
  

Quentin Tarantino

• In Pulp Fiction (1994) John Travalter's dance sequence is retrieved from his characters in other films such as 'Grease'(1978), 'Saturday Night Fever' (1979)

Tv Programmes

• Dixon of Dock Green (1950s-1970s) represented a modern Britain. This media text was one of the first programmes to directly talk to the audience. It clearly differentiated the high culture & the low culture
• Twin Peaks (1990s) had elements of soap operas but used music which are more likey to be hears d in films. It has big effect on the audience as they had never experienced something like this before.
• Contemporary media text such as The Mighty Boosh have an eclectic mix of conventions, influences & genres. This Media text uses parody-the humorous imitation of other media products that the audience recognizes.