Homework due Thursday 12th May

1. Read The Article on Post-Modern Audiences

2. Pitch me your idea for a TV show in 2020 (predictions of where you think Pomo Media is headed - this must be in your exam answer) - these will be filmed as a proper pitch in front of green screen.

Its 2022. Write a 50 word treatment for a new TV show format that shows your opinion of where Post-Modern TV will go based on what we have studied. 

(Think of  the development of Interactivity, Web 2.0, Facebook, Social Networking, The Active Audience & Prosumers, Youtube, how the changes in the Music Industry you studied last year could affect the TV Industry?)

3. A 5 paragraph response to the essay question: "To what extent do Post-Modernism challenge form and conventions of traditional media", use the H/W Articles to help you

i) Write 1 paragraph with your answer - Do they/Don't they & in what different ways? (Gorillaz and Reality TV (XFactor/TOWIE) 

ii) 1 paragraph explain how Gorillaz are Post-Modern (challenging what Modernist forms/style?) with Theory

iii) 1 paragraph explain how TOWIE & Xfactor are Post-Modern (challenging what Modernist forms/style?) with Theory

iv) 1 paragraph explain how each text does not challenge traditional forms & style

v) A prediction of where Post-modern music or TV is headed, how will it develop from this?

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Post-Modern style & forms: