Postmodernism

Postmodernism suggests there is no future, as everything that has been thought of has already been done, nothing is new. For example no films have a whole new idea because all film ideas have been used and done, films now are just new versions of other films.
My film trailer will be very postmodern as it isn't a whole new idea because i have researched into switching bodies films and there are lots of them. There are five main definitions into making something postmodern these are:

-Generic Hybridisation
-Intertextuality
-Self Reflexivity
-Hyperreality
-Juxtaposition

Generic Hybridisation is where two genres are mixed together, for example a comedy and horror. My trailer genre is a comedy so it doesn't use generic hybridisation but i am sure as the trailer goes on there would be romance in it so it could end up being a rom-com.

Intertextuality is where films steal bits from other films, it can also count as using a musicians music and what is going on in the news. My film trailer uses intertextuality as it is a lot like 'freaky friday' and 'the change up' so a lot of bits in the film could be considered as stealing bits from that film. As the start of my trailer and the start of 'the change up' trailer is very similar with them waking up in their own beds in their own bodies, showing what their lives are normally like.

Self Reflexivity is where a text points out that it is just a text, this is considered as when you are watching a comedy and the main character stops and talks into the camera to the audience, this is used in the TV series Miranda a lot as she talks to the audience a lot. However in my film trailer then no one takes a minute out to talk to the camera so self reflexivity is not used in my trailer.

Hyperreality is where texts become unreal, it is clear it is not reality. It could also be seen as undermining our idea of reality. This happens the whole way throughout the film 'the matrix' because it questions the way we live out life. Hyperreality is used in my trailer as people switching bodies in real life has never been proved to of happened so it is undermining reality and showing it is not real.

Juxtaposition is where opposite things are collected together and mixed to try and make sense. You could consider my trailer as having some juxtaposition in it as we are collecting two opposite people together and mixing their bodies to try and make sense of it.

This just shows how postmodern everything around us is. My trailer is very postmodern as i have described above, breaking the fourth wall is where the character looks into the camera and this is also considered postmodern but i have focused on not letting the characters look into the camera as i did not want to use this effect in my film.