Postmodernism is a theory proposed by Jean Baudrillard who suggested that there are no more truths or fixed rules especially in media, he has proposed the fact that lots of our media products which often features a hightened reality, where for example a footage has been edited and refined to encode a meaning or hyperreality where there is trouble separating fiction from reality. A hightened reality makes it clear which is relaity which is not, but hyper reality cannot disitnguish which is real which is not A good example would be Borat Subsequent Movie Film (2020)which featured Sacha Baron Cohen playing the misogynist, racist, and direct Kazakh journalist , everything he says and do is based on the character's personality and a rough script but most of his interactions with other people are unscripted making Sacha improvise, the fact that the work is a fiction is then not entire true as it contains features of reality TV where people would show their real personalities rather than ...
The US Law Section 230 (1996) mandates that the social media platform is not held responsible for whatever content is uploaded and gives them the responsibility to self regulate. Platforms like Twitter have their own teams of checkers who manage problematic content after they are posted for the world to see, they do not always directly delete something but instead would limit its visibility or add a label informing that it may be misleading, in extreme cases they will hide a violating post or require the user to remove the tweet before giving them the permission to tweet again of course doing so while considering the right of free speech. Such regulations have the advantage of shielding viewers from harmful content which can cause them to replicate such actions or receive radicalizing dogma especially if they are underage, others might see less offensive content that target their creed. One such case was one of Kanye West that was Anti-semitic in nature meaning it targeted Jewish peopl...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oys4DfDodEQ&list=TLPQMDgxMDIwMjI-7LuDSxifvA&index=1 The following content is according to my teacher's blog @ https://paknick-regentsmedia.blogspot.com A jump cut is a technique in film editing where a single continuous sequential shot is broken into two parts, with footage being removed in order to render the effect of jumping forward in time. There are five different applications of this technique: Style The first jump cut example is to simply create a stylish presentation. Think of the opening character introductions in Guy Ritchie’s Snatch and how the jump cuts create a rhythm and style that lures us into this darkly comedic yet dangerous criminal underworld. We can also look at Terrence Malick’s films like The Tree of Life, a film presented as more of a memory and/or dream. In this case, we can see how to use jump cuts to create a lyrical or poetic narrative that isn’t beholden to strict and rigid structures. Energy The second jump cut...
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