Postmodern fighter pilots...

The RAF pilots from the Armstrong and Miller Show can be said to show the postmodern blending of one cultural form with another from the recent past, using the colllision for an ironic and comedic effect. This is perhaps an example of what Jencks calls the 'eclectic mixture of any tradition with that of its immediate past.' In the sketch that appears below, is the modern youth culture of the voices represented more positively or more negatively than the 1940s war film culture? Is this sketch homage or parody?

Hammer Horror Trailers

Unit 17 Outline and Guidance

BTEC Creative and Media Production Unit 1 Homework 1

BTEC CMP Unit 1 Homework 1

Layout Design for a TV Listings magazine

Example Grid-of-9 for a film trailer

When you analyse film trailers on your blog for your research and planning section, the grid of 9 is a helpful format. It links to a technique used on the Art of the Title website. Discipline yourself to keep your writing within the space available (do not allow the grid to expand enough to go on to 2 pages) and you are only allowed 9 screen shots from the trailer. You need to begin referring to theory and theorists at this stage. This is an example grid, analysing the trailer for Silent Hill.

Grid of 9 for the Silent Hill Theatrical Trailer

Comparing a Teaser trailer with a Theatrical Trailer

The trailers for the original Silent Hill (dir. Gans, 2006) show an interesting comparison between the 2 minute, 30 second Theatrical Trailer



and the 30 second Teaser Trailer. It is interesting to see what has been kept and what has been left out and how the features that remain mark the USP of the actual film.