2. » Watch the trailer- How many Intertextual references
can you spot?
3. » What we experience whilst playing GTA 5 is a
simulation of reality- is this a simulation of the reality
that we see everyday or a simulation of the reality
that Hollywood presents us with? (a simulation of a
simulation).
» Further more Hollywood is now producing films that
simulate this simulated reality of video games that, in
turn, has been simulated from the reality presented
to us from Hollywood - think about the Bourne
Trilogy.
» What theorist does this relate to?
4. Stylistic elements:
» Nostalgia
» Eclecticism
» Bricolage
» Acts against Modernism
» Narcissistic
» An Active Audience
5. Theoretical elements
» Real Virtuality –Castells
» IN GTA 5 you can roam the streets acting as a
Hollywood version of yourself- you can eat in
restaurants, get drunk in bars, dance in night clubs,
work out in a gym, allowing yourself to get fit or fat
in the process- you can become wealthy and wear
the designer clothes you have always dreamed of,
drive luxury cars, live in a big house or date a
supermodel, or you could be very much like the
you, you are in real life- the lines and boundaries of
life and virtuality can become blurred.
6. » Decline of Meta Narratives- Lyotard
» You play a villain who is in fact the hero. There
are many people to aid you but the is no clear
definition as to whether they are good/bad
polar opposites either.
» A narrative is constructed by your actions and
interactions with the text itself as opposed to
the text dictating the narrative- one persons
playing of the game could very well be
completely different to another persons.
7. » 3rd wave- Infosphere- Toffler. We can only see
the world through Postmodern eyes under the
luxury of capitalism and the wealth within. The
entire text is devoted to the endless and
ruthless pursuit of money, wealth and power. 3
major forces for capitalism and postmodernism
itself.
» Pastiche & intertextuality- Jameson
» Hyperreality- Baudrillard
8. » Research GTA 5-
» Find some interextual refernces.
» Link to some Postmodern theorists as well as
other stylistic elements of Postmodernism.
» Article on GTA 5
» Wikipeadia entry for GTA 5