Additional Work - Intertextuality Within Films/Programmes/Cartoons

Intertextuality Within Films/Programmes/Cartoons

In the movie 'Enchanted' (2007) Giselle is represented as Cinderella. We can see this in the scene were she cleans Robert's apartment. She calls different animals to come help her by singing a melody out the window. After a few seconds animals including rats, cockroaches and pigeons appear and help Giselle to clean the apartment as they all sing and dance.

In the Simpsons in the episode Tweenlight 'Treehouse of Horror' which aired on Halloween, we see Lisa falling in love with a vampire, even though she is a human. This is a representation of the movie series ‘Twilight'. This links to the target audience of younger girls, as girls aged from 12-15 normally have silly crushes and think they fall in love. The target audience for the movie Twilight is also close to the one of the Simpsons so young girls would enjoy the episode. It links to the entertainment part of the Uses and Gratifications theory.

In the movie 'Shrek' the character Pinocchio is represented as liar. However, he tries his hardest to say the truth as he wants to turn back into a little boy. He achieves it once but quickly after he turns back into a wooden toy. This character was used as he is popular due to a lot of people watching the movie “Pinocchio”. It caused the audience to have a nostalgic feeling due to the character being very old and the movie “Shrek” modernised him.

Also in 'Shrek' in the scene where Fiona is with her other princess friends, they are represented as the original disney princess; Aurora, Cinderella ect. However they are portrayed to be more tough.