Simulacra theory

[kjade]

Is anyone being taught the Simulacra theory in the final outcome? My teacher has mentioned it and roughly explained it but she won't teach it to the class as we are a small group (10 kids- at least 3 of them are doing non-atar) and she is worried we won't write about it well on the SAC/exam (we are not the strongest class either). Is it as difficult to write about as my teacher claims?

[lilyrosee]

Is anyone being taught the Simulacra theory in the final outcome? My teacher has mentioned it and roughly explained it but she won't teach it to the class as we are a small group (10 kids- at least 3 of them are doing non-atar) and she is worried we won't write about it well on the SAC/exam (we are not the strongest class either). Is it as difficult to write about as my teacher claims?

I am doing media and we have not been taught that theory - only the main ones because I think you can choose which ones you want to discuss when it comes to the exam

[laura1999]

I've got some Baudrilard and Simulacra theory notes, just message me! That way you can see if you want to give it a crack in the exam.

[lilyrosee]

I've got some Baudrilard and Simulacra theory notes, just message me! That way you can see if you want to give it a crack in the exam.

Would you be able to please PM me those notes as well. I am intrigued to see other theories that my class hasn't been taught.


What texts are you writing on for narrative??

[laura1999]

Would you be able to please PM me those notes as well. I am intrigued to see other theories that my class hasn't been taught.


What texts are you writing on for narrative??

Not a problem!
For narrative we're studying two Alfred Hitchcock films, Rear Window and Vertigo. What about you?

[laura1999]

Pretty brief, but at keast you can touch on it if need be.

Baudrillard and Simulacra: French theorist Jean Baudrillard believed that the media constructs a copy (representation) of the real world and that copy comes the version of the ‘real world’ that audiences start to reference. After a while, this representation becomes the accepted version of events and people begin to think of this as the reality. The TV series underbelly painted the picture of the Melbourne Gangland war in the early 2000s. Ask a lot of people, they would say information about the criminals, however this info would be based off the information they saw depicting the criminals on TV, rather than real information of what they did in real life. Simulacra is what he calls a false reality that is made up of representations so convincing that they have replaced what was once real. E.g., Sovereign Hill.

[lilyrosee]

Not a problem!
For narrative we're studying two Alfred Hitchcock films, Rear Window and Vertigo. What about you?

Thanks for the info - I will have a read over it and maybe discuss with my teacher!

Our class is doing 'V for Vendetta' and 'The Dark Knight' - not the films I typically watch but there is lots to talk about in regards to narrative analysis!