Modernism vs Postmodernism 1
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Modernism
• Structure and Order
• Efficiency and Productivity
• Science and Technology
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfw0KapQ3qw
• Charlie Chaplin – Modern Times
Key Figure – Henry Ford
• Founder of the Ford car
• Factory System
• Development of the Production line
• Standardisation of production
• De- skilling of the work force
• "Any customer can have a car
painted any colour that he
wants so long as it is black".
These ideas fed into Media
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsZRpPsZ9zE
• Seven Dwarfs working in the mine – factory production
But not all saw this as a good way of life
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P2iUJucbk4
So Why Did it Changed?
• World War Two
• The Cold War and M.A.D
• Social Housing
• Modernism (and it’s ideas taken to
their extreme) led the world to a place
that people did not like
World War Two
• Hitler – Modernism at its worst
• Order – Use of the army for control
• Confirmative – anyone ‘different’ was removed
• Efficiency and Productivity – Concentration Camps and 6 million Jews (used a production line to kill)
• Science used to justify the genocide and don’t forget the scientific experiments
• Weapons Technology
Social Housing
• How does Social Housing reflex the ideas of Modernism?
• What are the problems associated with Social Housing?
Activity – Master Chef
• Analyse the following clips from Masterchefand Julia Child
• One is modern (traditional) and one is postmodern
• Consider the following– Average shot length and camera work
– Representation and Target audience
– Mise en scene and music
– Narrative
– Ideology etc
How do these clips represent the time they were made in?
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA2ys8C-lNk
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fusZBQYVNIk
• 2-3 paragraphs