ENG 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Retina, Old Media, Videodrome
22 Jan 2018
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First 50 pages or so of neuromancer and watch bladerunner for next week. Exam take-home due at beginning of exam period. Part 1 - series of passages to analyse (8 or 9 clips) 200-300 discussion of clip (most important things to discuss and critique) lighting, mise-en-sc ne. Part 2 brief essay materials in second half of semester refer to literary texts (probs 2 films and 1 book) Max wren is an executive at small local tv network. Emergence of new global network cable tv. Buying tv shows from production companies around the world to feed content. Pick up secret broadcasting channel violent, sexual material (alternative world signal) Decode it revises and says comes from pittsburgh. Begins having hallucinations doi(cid:374)g so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g to his (cid:271)(cid:396)ai(cid:374) that (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)tai(cid:374)ed. What is real and not starts to collapse. Finds himself at center of conspiracy of brainwashing. Loses perception of what is real and not.
