Intertextuality within music videos.

Definition of Intertextuality

• Definition-The term Intertextuality refers to the process of creating references to any kind of media text via another media text. In other words Intertextuality essentially means for a type of media(film,television,music etc) to pay homage to another media text.

3 Types of Intertextuality

• Pastiche: An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period.

• Parody: An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.

• Homage: special honour or respect shown publicly.

Pastiche

• An example of a music video which uses ‘pastiche’ is: Will.i.am- Bang Bang.

ParodyPhoto 1 is from the 1993 film ‘Falling down’ and shows the protagonist sat in his car.

Photo 2 is from Foo fighters 2011 song ‘Walk’ and again shows

Photo 1

Photo 2

This music video from foo fighters is a parody of the film ‘falling down’ and shows the lead singer and guitarist of the foo fighters playing the protagonist.

Homage• An example of homage is: Chris Brown- She ain’t you.

Here Chris Brown is shown wearing the same costume as

Michael Jackson wore to show tribute towards him.