This document discusses how the film Inception relates to Stinati's view of postmodernism (POMO). It presents questions about how Inception depicts confusion over time and space through nested dreams. Students are asked to discuss in groups how the film emphasizes style over substance and if it represents the breakdown of high vs popular culture distinctions. The document also prompts analyzing how Inception presents different narratives without a single grand narrative, and creating a mind map linking the film to media concepts like language, genre, representation, ideology and narrative. Students are finally asked to make a PowerPoint comparing how Inception fits or does not fit with Stinati's five identifiers of a postmodern text.

1. LO: How does Inception fit with
Stinati’s view of POMO

2.  Confusion over time and space:
Hint: Dream’s – real/dream time
How can inception be applied to this?
In groups: discuss and write a paragraph to
answer this question

3.  An emphasis on style at the expense of
substance and content?
 Would you agree this the case with
Inception?
 Write your views and the reasons on post it
notes

4.  The breakdown of the distinction between
high culture (art) and popular culture.
 Discuss in groups: and feedback to the class

5.  Decline of the Meta –Narratives – no longer a
grand narrative to explain reality
 Hint: Different narratives with the dreams
 Write a brief account of this in relation to
Inception

6.  Media Language
 Genre
 Representation
 Ideology
 Narrative
 Audience
Create a mind map of how these feature in
Inception
See media concepts PowerPoint on blog (from
earlier in the unit) if you need to recap

7.  Create a PowerPoint linking Inception to the
Stinati’s 5 identifiers of a Post Modern text.
 Focus on how Inception fits or does not fit
with this theory
 Add two of three slides at end linking
Inception to media concepts