Research- Intertextuality

                                            Intertextuality

Intertextuality is a term used to describe the visual referencing between films. Usually films copy certain shots from a previous film in order to make their film successful in portraying a certain image. This could be the use of sound, editing camera angles and more.

For example many horror films 'borrow' certain shots from the film psycho, the main shots that stand out are

-Big knife
-Sound of water
-Shot from the shower head
-Blood down the drain
-shadow from the curtain

The movie 'What lies beneath' uses intertextuality because it copies certain parts of the movie 'psycho'. For example the following was used in the movie that was copied from psycho

•      Sound of the water running down
•       Shower curtain
•      Bathroom scene

The movie 'Fatal Attraction' also uses intertextuality because it copies certain parts of the movie 'psycho' for example the following was used in the movie that was copied from psycho

• Sound of water
• Shower curtain being pulled down
• The knife scene of someone stabbing