Monday 28 March 2011
4. What does the notion of creative teaching and learning imply?
In order to be creative, we have to know what to do to make it creative. For example we were told to make a music video to fit or challenge stereotypical conventions by choosing the song, shots and the whole video making it very creative. Therefore I believe that creativity has to be started by some guidelines that aren’t not very creative to make something very creative.
3. Is creativity an inevitable social good, invariably progressive, harmonious and collaborative; or is it capable of disruption, political critique a
Creativity seems capable of disruption and even anti social outcomes. For example Hitler was creative at killing many people very fast, this could be viewed as creative however it is not a good thing. Creativity is also as much individual as it is collective, as I worked independently on my music video, and was still successful in being creative and making my music video.
2. Is creativity a pervasive, ubiquitous feature of human activity, or a special faculty, either reserved for particular groups, individuals, or parti
Creativity is ubiquitous meaning everyone has the capacity to be clever, however, just because we have this capability doesn’t mean we necessarily use it, and therefore meaning that if we are forced into a situation where we have to be creative, we can be creative, shown through how being set the task to make a realistic looking music video, it shows the creative effort put in to make a very creative realistic music video.
1. Is creativity an internal cognitive function, or is it an external social or cultural phenomenon?
Creativity is an external social or cultural phenomenon, but only if we are forced into the situation, which requires us to be creative, for example the societal need to not conform within society for example the clothes we wear. This links also to the task of creating a music video that forced creativity due to needing to create a video that is interesting, and unique, which would therefore get me the best grade.
Tuesday 22 March 2011
In what ways can Inglourious Basterds and Fight Club be considered postmodern? (needs completing)
Inglourious Basterds and Fight club can both be considered postmodern film's, as they both incorporate many post modernistic features, for example the heavily distributed intertextual references throughout the film, and the blurring of reality and fiction through various techniques between both media texts.
Inglourious Basterds, a 2009 war film by Quentin Tarantino, was a huge hit at the box office, grossing over $300,000,000 in theatres worldwide, making it Tarantino’s most successful film to date. The film is about a group of Jewish American Assassins, on a mission to kill any Nazi they come across and take no prisoners, with a mission to kill Hitler. The whole fantasy element which is evident from the start of the film as it is introduced ‘Once upon a time…’, and ends in the woods, a very generic setting for fairy tales, the fantasy of killing Hitler is a postmodern feature in its self, as it is trying to rewrite past events, due to the very evident historical truth that Hitler committed suicide, another postmodern element within this context is the fact that Hitler is assassinated by the race of people he is trying to destroy; the Jews.
Quentin Tarantino's foot fetish is another postmodern feature which occurs through many of his films, and is postmodern due to the fact he is putting the personal into the public, and although it is a very strange scene, it somehow fits the film giving a fairytale ‘cinderella’ element to it, also making the audience notice how it isn’t real life and is a fictional film, which is a very postmodern feature.
Within Inglorious Basterds, there are many intertextual references for example, The Battleship Potempkin with the Odessa steps sequence. The ‘film within a film’ Nations pride also has two Battleship Potempkin sequences, with the soldier being shot in the eye and the baby in a pram rolling across the town square. Also, within Inglourious Basterds the British officer makes a reference to the film 'White hell of pitz palu'.
Another postmodern feature of Inglorious Basterds is the over the ‘parodic' acting style, using famous well known actors such as Brad Pitt (Aldo Raine) playing the role of a South American Lieutenant, who is very merciless as he wants 100 Nazi scalps from every member of his assassin group. Mike Myers, who is best known for comedy films takes the part of a British Colonel. The high contrast in the sheer professionalism of a colonel portrayed by a comedian is entirely postmodern because the audiences buy into the idea that he is this serious colonel, rather than the Mike Myers from other well-known films.
The Violence within Inglourious Basterds is so brutal and gory, that it is comical. It adds to the sheer insanity of the fact they are killing humans as if it were a game, and shows the true brutality of these actors through violent acts, for example, when Eli Roth (Sgt. Donny Donowitz) smashes in the head of a German soldier with a baseball bat, commentating as if he were playing for a proper team and had hit a home run.
Fight Club a 1999 film by David Fincher movie which grossed over $100,000,000 worldwide. The film is about an unnamed character played by Ed Norton who is leading a very boring day-to-day life, so boring infact that he attends social meetings for problems he doesn’t even have. He meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), a soap seller who is everything Ed Norton's character is not, he has the looks, the talent and the body Ed Norton’s character aspires to have. Tyler Durden and Ed Norton’s character start a Fight Club for men, to try re-masculinise men within today’s society. As the Fight Clubs grow. they start performing ‘homework assignments’ which are normally criminal or violence, which Tyler Durden had set to give everyone the chance to live their dreams and start afresh on a level playing field. This violent ‘justice’ for example threatening to kill a supermarket owner because he is running a store and not doing what he Tyler scares him into promising he will become what he always wanted to be. In a sense the contrasting element of pain giving pleasure is very postmodern as they are conflicting elements, along with more realistic sound effects which make the viewer question how much we tolerate what could be considered ‘fake’ sounding fights instead of convincing ‘real’ sounding ones.
One major postmodern aspect within Fight Club is the IKEA catalogue scene where everything in Ed Norton’s apartment is shown to be labeled and priced, linking to how the film teaches you that society is now overcome by consumer goods, and Tyler Durden proves that these materialistic things aren’t needed, by blowing up Ed Norton’s apartment to prove his point of "What you own ends up owning you".
Inglourious Basterds, a 2009 war film by Quentin Tarantino, was a huge hit at the box office, grossing over $300,000,000 in theatres worldwide, making it Tarantino’s most successful film to date. The film is about a group of Jewish American Assassins, on a mission to kill any Nazi they come across and take no prisoners, with a mission to kill Hitler. The whole fantasy element which is evident from the start of the film as it is introduced ‘Once upon a time…’, and ends in the woods, a very generic setting for fairy tales, the fantasy of killing Hitler is a postmodern feature in its self, as it is trying to rewrite past events, due to the very evident historical truth that Hitler committed suicide, another postmodern element within this context is the fact that Hitler is assassinated by the race of people he is trying to destroy; the Jews.
Quentin Tarantino's foot fetish is another postmodern feature which occurs through many of his films, and is postmodern due to the fact he is putting the personal into the public, and although it is a very strange scene, it somehow fits the film giving a fairytale ‘cinderella’ element to it, also making the audience notice how it isn’t real life and is a fictional film, which is a very postmodern feature.
Within Inglorious Basterds, there are many intertextual references for example, The Battleship Potempkin with the Odessa steps sequence. The ‘film within a film’ Nations pride also has two Battleship Potempkin sequences, with the soldier being shot in the eye and the baby in a pram rolling across the town square. Also, within Inglourious Basterds the British officer makes a reference to the film 'White hell of pitz palu'.
Another postmodern feature of Inglorious Basterds is the over the ‘parodic' acting style, using famous well known actors such as Brad Pitt (Aldo Raine) playing the role of a South American Lieutenant, who is very merciless as he wants 100 Nazi scalps from every member of his assassin group. Mike Myers, who is best known for comedy films takes the part of a British Colonel. The high contrast in the sheer professionalism of a colonel portrayed by a comedian is entirely postmodern because the audiences buy into the idea that he is this serious colonel, rather than the Mike Myers from other well-known films.
The Violence within Inglourious Basterds is so brutal and gory, that it is comical. It adds to the sheer insanity of the fact they are killing humans as if it were a game, and shows the true brutality of these actors through violent acts, for example, when Eli Roth (Sgt. Donny Donowitz) smashes in the head of a German soldier with a baseball bat, commentating as if he were playing for a proper team and had hit a home run.
Fight Club a 1999 film by David Fincher movie which grossed over $100,000,000 worldwide. The film is about an unnamed character played by Ed Norton who is leading a very boring day-to-day life, so boring infact that he attends social meetings for problems he doesn’t even have. He meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), a soap seller who is everything Ed Norton's character is not, he has the looks, the talent and the body Ed Norton’s character aspires to have. Tyler Durden and Ed Norton’s character start a Fight Club for men, to try re-masculinise men within today’s society. As the Fight Clubs grow. they start performing ‘homework assignments’ which are normally criminal or violence, which Tyler Durden had set to give everyone the chance to live their dreams and start afresh on a level playing field. This violent ‘justice’ for example threatening to kill a supermarket owner because he is running a store and not doing what he Tyler scares him into promising he will become what he always wanted to be. In a sense the contrasting element of pain giving pleasure is very postmodern as they are conflicting elements, along with more realistic sound effects which make the viewer question how much we tolerate what could be considered ‘fake’ sounding fights instead of convincing ‘real’ sounding ones.
One major postmodern aspect within Fight Club is the IKEA catalogue scene where everything in Ed Norton’s apartment is shown to be labeled and priced, linking to how the film teaches you that society is now overcome by consumer goods, and Tyler Durden proves that these materialistic things aren’t needed, by blowing up Ed Norton’s apartment to prove his point of "What you own ends up owning you".
Monday 21 March 2011
Dan Black, DJ Shadow & Daft Punk Postmodernism
Participation
Daft Punk allows people to participate within 'harder, better, faster, stronger' through the use of an app which gives the sound samples used by Daft punk so anyone could attempt to replicate their song.
Modification
DJ Shadow uses modification to mix many various different sound samples to create his own brand new song, through the use of DJ decks and scratching etc.
Authenticity Disrupted
Dan black uses his music and video to emphasise that it is a copy of something else, nearly every element within the music video and song has been copied, except from its song lyrics.
Originality
Dan Black and DJ Shadow can all be questioned about their originality, as although they all use other songs, which is unoriginal, they create brand new, never before heard music which could be called 'original'.
Does knowing how to make it, or making it easy to reproduce make it less impressive?
yes it does kind of because it makes everybody feel like they have the same amount of skill as daft punk for example in the app, however, not everyone does it because everyone can try to recreate the songs, however it will never be exactly the same as the original song.
Daft Punk allows people to participate within 'harder, better, faster, stronger' through the use of an app which gives the sound samples used by Daft punk so anyone could attempt to replicate their song.
Modification
DJ Shadow uses modification to mix many various different sound samples to create his own brand new song, through the use of DJ decks and scratching etc.
Authenticity Disrupted
Dan black uses his music and video to emphasise that it is a copy of something else, nearly every element within the music video and song has been copied, except from its song lyrics.
Originality
Dan Black and DJ Shadow can all be questioned about their originality, as although they all use other songs, which is unoriginal, they create brand new, never before heard music which could be called 'original'.
Does knowing how to make it, or making it easy to reproduce make it less impressive?
yes it does kind of because it makes everybody feel like they have the same amount of skill as daft punk for example in the app, however, not everyone does it because everyone can try to recreate the songs, however it will never be exactly the same as the original song.
Wednesday 16 March 2011
The Death Of Uncool - iPod Shuffle
1. Bloc Party – Song For Clay (Disappear Here)
2. The Blackout – I Know You Are, But What Am I
3. Asher Roth – She Don’t Wanna Man
4. Marina & The Diamonds – Obsessions
5. Lady Gaga – Eh,Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)
6. 3OH!3 – Don’t Trust Me
7. Papa Roach – Days Of War
8. Panic At The Disco – But It’s Better If You Do
9. Forever The Sickest Kids – Breakdown
10. The All American Rejects – Dirty Little Secret
2. The Blackout – I Know You Are, But What Am I
3. Asher Roth – She Don’t Wanna Man
4. Marina & The Diamonds – Obsessions
5. Lady Gaga – Eh,Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)
6. 3OH!3 – Don’t Trust Me
7. Papa Roach – Days Of War
8. Panic At The Disco – But It’s Better If You Do
9. Forever The Sickest Kids – Breakdown
10. The All American Rejects – Dirty Little Secret
Sunday 6 March 2011
Fight club; possibly weaved into this music video?
just a quick blog to say i was watching this music video and it weaves fight club video into it (i think)
and uses subliminal messaging and many other conventions shown within the film.
one of my favourite songs, and now ive found intertextuality within it.
enjoy!
and uses subliminal messaging and many other conventions shown within the film.
one of my favourite songs, and now ive found intertextuality within it.
enjoy!
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