Voyeurism & self reflexivity
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This document discusses various postmodern concepts related to media texts, including voyeurism, panopticism, and scopophilia. It provides definitions of these terms and examples of films and reality TV shows that demonstrate them. Specifically, it examines how The Trueman Show, Catfish, and Celebrity Big Brother use voyeurism and create a sense that the characters are constantly being watched, relating to ideas of postmodernism. Students are tasked with analyzing additional media examples using these concepts and how they engage audiences. Self-reflexivity is also defined as a text drawing attention to its own artificial constructs, and Modern Family, Miranda, and Scream are discussed as examples.
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Voyeurism & self reflexivity
- 1. Voyeurism/ Panopticanisation/ Scopophillia Section B Postmodernism
- 2. Snap Out of It by the Arctic Monkeys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8tLS_NOWLs Why could this MV be considered postmodern?
- 3. Lesson Objective To explore voyeurism/ panopticanisation/ scopophilia as a sign of postmodernism in media text
- 4. definitions Voyeurism: the pleasure of looking at real people ( characters), eg reality TV Panopticanisation: the idea that the power lies with the watcher and that those under surveillance must act as if they are being watched all the time. Foucault Scopophillia: love of looking/pleasure gained from watching others. Often sexual gazing at women by Hollywood.
- 5. Films The Trueman Show (1998) http://youtu.be/NkZM2oWcleM Voyeurism, panopticanisition, self-awareness= postmodern Catfish (2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xp4M0IjzcQ
- 6. Reality TV Celebrity Big Brother http://www.channel5.com/shows/celebrity-big- brother/episodes/episode-11-307 Celebrities under surveillance 24 hours a day, not knowing which parts will reach the final edit. This will effect how they behave as they will be trying to avoid eviction in most cases.
- 7. Task Why are these text considered postmodern? H/W Find two additional examples of voyeuristic media text and post them up to your blog. Under each explain how they use voyeurism to engage the audience. If it’s a reality show explain how panopticanisation applies.
- 8. Self-reflexivity LO: To explore the term with reference to postmodern media text.
- 9. Self-reflixivity marked by or making reference to its own artificiality or contrivance where a text knows it's a text and draws attention to it's structure, production and/or conventions to the audience. In doing so, it reverses itself reflecting its own reality rather than an outside one. Characters/actors often address the camera, thereby breaking down the fourth wall.
- 10. Modern Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aogZUDx51vQ
- 11. Miranda http://www.criticalcommons.org/Members/crsbecker/clips/mir anda.mp4/view Watch an episode How does Miranda use self-reflexivity to engage the audience? http://www.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=70299301&trkid=503 61908&tctx=0,1,mi:3a646fd1-56ff-4ac8-bb65-05087a466c1a
- 12. Scream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1M3w_o7cOc In Scream horror conventions are employed literally and at the same time self-consciously. The dialogue of the film includes detailed descriptions of the mechanics and effects of the horror film, explaining at each step what is expected.