Pastice and Parody

Parody and Pastiche

Pastiche
In todays lesson in groups we had to look at pastiche and parody, we we're given envelopes that contain links and information that we're for the main answer.

Pastiche - in my opinion I think that pastiche I think that it is a more serious style of Parody, I think this because of the style of the material and the material involved. One example of this is the music video, michael Jackson thriller - at the same time this video's purpose is to be a horror but in a sense it contains humour. This  is because of the fake reality, dancing zombies is funny because it is something that is not saw everyday and is original to the audience. Another example of Pastiche would be the film 'Shaun of the Dead' - I have chosen this because it is similar to the music video, it is similar because it contains elements of zombies, horror and major comedy. All of these elements make it a perfect example of Pastiche.


"Speech in a dead language" - A language that anyone no longer understands, they do not notice it and it no longer exists.

"Displaces 'real' history" - removes the well known history in society and replaces with the real/unknown

Moulin Rouge is focused on love and drama, during the film there is slight aspects with comedy, one example is the clothes, actors and certain scenes - I have chosen this because the audience mainly focus on the drama/love aspect, but no one notices the comedy. The movie also contained new elements with the music, this shows that trends follow through from the past to the future.

Parody
Parody is mainly a joke, skit of media materials. One example of this is the movie Austin Powers and shaun of the dead, both of these films do not contain originality but they have many different aspects of other films. In the movie austin powers there are skits and jokes of films, this is for the audience so they can have relevance to the other parts. In the movie shaun of the dead it's main point is horror but during the film there is the aspect of comedy, cannot be taken serious. Austin powers and shaun of the dead loose their seriousness with the style of the film, this is due to the film itself.



Has relevance to many different aspects that relate to the original pieces - no originality.

Pink stupid girls - the video shows Pink trying to fit in by doing what the other women do, this is shown with a parody and comedy. With the parody it shows the aspect of culture and social with the style of women.