Today we had the first session after coming back from Christmas break. This module has been running since we first started back in September, so whats been happening since then? Well i decided to take everything i had posted so far and summarise everything we've done up until now given that this is the turning point in our course.
The past few months have seen my classmates and i watching and discussing various movies and texts and the thought provoking themes they cover. The overlying theme for all of these discussions seemed to be lack of individuality in people and in the work they create.
- Simulacra
A discussion of how the real and the simulation no longer exist because nothing is based on anything original, meaning that everything is based on something that is based on something else.
- Narrative Spaces
A highly interesting piece that delves into various ways the environment, both in and out of games can be used to influence a participants emotional state, evoke memories of familiar narratives and generally influence their immersive experience.
- Videodrome
At it's most basic, a film about a man whose desire for ratings leads him to the discovery of a weaponized television broadcast that aims to purge america of the 'low-lifes' who enjoy sexual violence. At it's most complex the meaning is, i'm afraid to say, lost on me.
- Existenz
A film that takes the idea of a photorealistic video game and uses it to challenges the viewers beliefs of what is real, and what is simulation.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
An often bewildering film whose meaning has been discussed and contested endlessly since its release.
- Barthes, Foucault and the death of the author.
"The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the Author"
Grand Narratives "One single fixed way of seeing the world"
- Culturally constructed narratives which explain the way things are
(e.g. Religion, Science, Philosophy, etc)
Quote:
- A piece of work is normally linked with the author (e.g. Tarantino films)
- The author is used to find meaning in the work
NOTHING IS ENTIRELY ORIGINAL
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