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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.


2/5

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.


3/5

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.


4/5

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.


5/5

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.

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