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Intertextual reference: Tarintino references his previous films
within IB, for example the high levels of gore can be witnessed
in Reservoir Dogs.He uses these references as almost
signatures to identify work as his own.
Bricolage: Tarintino uses Bricolage in the opening credits of IB, as the Universal logo is that
originating from the 1960s, after the film is set, and also his use of spaghetti western music The
green leaves of Summer, is from the wrong time. Therefore this mimics Bricolage as it is an example
of combining elements out of context in random combinations.
Hyper-real world: Elements of hyper-reality within
the film can be witnessed with the use of over head
shots that blatantly reveal the scene as a set, as
opposed to even attempting to make it look like a
real place. The strangling scene within the film and
that of the cinema burning, significantly blur the
line between reality and film, as they are both real
situations, perceived as fake, being portrayed as
real in fake circumstances.
Simulacrum:The opening scene of IB can be regarded as replicating a scene from The sound of
music. This is an example of Juxtaposition
Levi Strauss (addition, deletion, substitution): IB uses deletion, as it is a war film, however with all
the fighting removed and mimics history but substitutes it for a fictional story.
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Intertexual reference: Hobo with a Shotgun has intertextual references to Steampunk.
Bricolage: This film combines attempts at heart-felt emotional
scenes with that of comical circumstances that induce no emotional
response at all. This gives the situation a humorous interpretation.
Such as the scene where the Hobo places a picture of a bear in the
prostitutes empty picture frame.
Hyper-real world: Every aspect of
this film is hyper-real, as the
characters are over dramatic and
provide unrealistic performances.
The situation itself, of a bleak and wild town ruled by a few rich
people seems very unlikely and poorly explained. And the levels
of excessive gore are horrendously comical and unbelievable.
These aspects can be regarded as failing to engage an audience
as they are unable to relate to an unrealistic situation, and even attempts at
diversion are limited as by feelings of disgust and confusion.
Simulacrum: This film is based on a trailer for a bad film, and has attempted to
form a copy of the ideas from this trailer. This form of post-modernism can be criticised by the
beliefs of, for being vacuous, as it is a text with no intention to serve any purpose, and therefore can
be regarded as a pointless and depthless.
Levi Strauss (addition, deletion, substitution): This feature substitutes the substance of a film for
that of a trailer. It also deletes half the plot of a normal film.
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Intertexual reference: The film continually references comic books with the presence of written
words in conjunction with sounds such as Kpow, or Ring Ring! This relates to the main storyline of
the film which is based on a sense of heroes and villains.
Bricolage: The film combines real world footage with that of
cartoon and game like elements, including the appearance of a
pee bar, scores for fights and the production of coins. Although
these elements would only usually appear in the depiction of a
fake world, these separate worlds are collaborated in a new
context.
Hyper-Real world: This whole film challenges the audiences perception ofreality, as it combines
realistic characters with unrealistic game like
situations, such as mid-air fights where no one
gets hurt.
Simulacrum: This film is attempting to mimic thatof a cheesy hero fighter film, but lacks the
substance of a well known heroes and villains
story. It lacks engaging action and a gripping
storyline.
Levi Strauss (addition, deletion, substitution):
Substitutes a courageous and aspirational heroic figure for that of an average and nerdy boy.
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Intertexual references: Inception actually references itself. The
plot of Inception is all about sneaking an idea into somebody's
mind without the person even realizing it. However while you
were watching the movie, does the same thing to the audience
by making them doubt whether the scene is within the real
world or a dream.
Bricolage: Within inception, it combines the genres of crime-drama, film noir and a psychological
twist. This creates a whole new sub-division of its own. Within these levels all the senses the
characters experience are copies of the real world and the unrealistic dream elements are copies of
past dreams. The people are copies of reality and some
of the places.
Hyper-real world: Inception is based upon the concept of
being able to enter a dream and therefore a fake world.
However most of the sets used for these dream scenes
are actually filmed within real places, such as the Paris
scene. This blurs the line betweenwhat the audience
perceives as real and fake. Its a real place in a fake story
pretending to be fake.
Simulacrum: Inception toys around with the idea of simulacrum and shows it by travelling to a
dream world within a dream world within a dream
world.
Levi Strauss (addition, deletion, substitution): This film
presents almost realistic situations but with the deletion
of the rules of time and space that are present in the
real world, such as the ability to fold a city in half.
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Intertexual reference: During the rooftop party, the Prime
Minister notices two Elton John impersonators sneaking
off together, and believes this to be a glitch in the Matrix
so he runs to jump off the roof of the building. This
references the film Inception, as within this film the
character Mal believes she is not in the real world and so
jumps from the hotel window to come back to reality.
Bricolage: The genre for Flight of the Conchords forms a hybrid as it
is both Sitcom/musical/music video/reality tv. This takes all the
elements of these genres and places them in new contexts.
Hyper-real world: Within this episode characters discuss what reality is based on the movie The
Matrix. This demonstrates an example of hyper-reality and their basis for real world knowledge on
that of a fake situation within a film.They cannot
separate reality and the fake world.
Simulacrum: Bret and Jemaine are hired to play a gig as
Look a likes of Simon and Garfunkel. However they look
nothing like them, but are told they look like the look-a-
likes who have pulled out. This an example of
Simulacrum a copy of a copy
Levi Strauss (addition, deletion, substitution): This sitcom deletes the common narrative style of
most similar shows, taking away realistic elements and making it obscure.