Hybridisation & Bricolage

To explore hybridisation and bricolage in relation to postmodernism.

DefinitionsHybridisation

This occurs when attempting to create something new by merging two existing objects together.

Bricolage- French term meaning ‘tinkering’

The result of forming new conventions is called Bricolage. This is caused by putting things together in a manner that they were not designed for and thus creating new meanings and conventions. Often elements or conventions are juxtaposed.

Juxtaposition is a mash up of contrasting/opposing elements.

Examples of Hybridisation

Warm Bodies (2013 Jonathan Levine)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3ErWNBX9Rc

What genre conventions does this film have?

Why would we call it a postmodern text?

Examples of BricolageSlumdog Millionaire (2008 Danny Boyle)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuSTr48P9mc

“ Why? Why limit a film to one set of emotions when it has the potential to explore so much more? “ – Danny Boyle

What is it about Slumdog Millionaire that makes it a bricolage or hybrid text?

romance, drama and crime

ExampleSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet

Street (2007 Tim Burton)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_hgrfZVlJA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJUr7jMpKTs

What elements of genre can we see in Sweeney Todd?

Task: 500 words

Define postmodern media with examples.