PARODY,
HOMAGE,
ALLUSION, &
ARCHETYPES
PARODY
Parody is the practice of
taking something well
known or renowned and
making a mockery of it.
i.e. “Scary Movie” franchise
Generally, parodies are
meant to create a comic
redo of a specific genre or
artist.
HORROR FILM GENRE
•Horror films go back as far as the onset of films
themselves, LaManoirDuDiable 1896.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw8bzC33CGY
Gothic style-spooky old mansions, fog shrouded, dark
and shadowy.
•Calculated to cause intense repugnance, fear, or
dread and to entertain us.
•Play upon our worst/most primal fears.
•Cathartic (relieving emotion tension) experience
HORROR FILMS
•May incorporate incidents of
physical violence and
psychological terror.
•May be studies of deformed,
disturbed, psychotic, or evil
characters.
•May have terrifying monsters
or malevolent animals.
•May be mystery thrillers that
use atmosphere to build
suspense.
“FRANKENSTEIN”
1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel,
directed by James Whale
Boris Karloff plays the Monster; he was an
unknown at the time
Epitome of the “mad scientist”
film genre
James Whale directed the
sequel Bride of Frankenstein (1935),
inspired many sequels/adaptations
HOMAGE
A respectful tribute to someone or something;
this often occurs within one movie when
a reference is made to another film's scene,
image, etc.
Aston Martin DB5 in Goldfinger (1965)
Aston Martin DB5 in Skyfall (2012)
“YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”
•
Dr. Frankenstein’s grandson,
trying to live down his grandfather’s
legacy, inherits the family castle
and other familial traits…
•
Young Frankenstein used a lot of the same lab
equipment props that were used in Karloff’s
original.
•
In the scene after the dart game, when Kenneth
Mar’s character is leaving the castle, there is a
gargoyle that looks like Alfred Hitchcock.
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE TWO
• Gene Hackman’s blind character accidentally pouring soup in the
monster’s lap--in The Bride of Frankenstein, a similar character manages
to get the soup in the bowl.
• Both shot in black and white
• Same type of music used
• Elizabeth’s hair is styled similar to the title character of The Bride of
Frankenstein http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zhqCccFsGc
• The little village girl--in the 1931 Frankenstein, the monster drowns the
village girl, but in this version of the story, he only considers it, although
he later inadvertently catapults her through the air from a teeter-totter
into her bedroom.
ALLUSION
An allusion is a brief reference, within a work,
to another work of fiction, a film, a piece of
art, or even a real event. An allusion serves as
a kind of shorthand, drawing on this outside
work to provide greater context or meaning to
the situation being shown.
Many films allude to very
famous works, such as
stories from the Bible.
ALLUSION
Fred Astaire – Puttin’ on the Ritz
http://vimeo.com/6971656
Young Frankenstein – Puttin’ on the Ritz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1FLZP
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ARCHET YPE
 Fundamental template for specified genres of story
-Ex. The Hero archetype in Star Wars
 An archetype is essentially the popularized way of structuring
a story based on character development and on genre
The Mad Scientist archetype
TRICKSTER
Definition: a character who uses cunning, wit, or
secret knowledge to play tricks or otherwise breaks
the rules or laws of nature.
Ex:
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Johnny Depp as Cpt. Jack Sparrow
Puss in Boots from Shrek
The Norse God Loki
Bugs Bunny
Beetlejuice
The Pink Panther
MOTHER
Definition: a character who can represent a nurturing/all
knowing figure (the GOOD mother) OR the opposite/ultimate
evil (the BAD mother)
Ex:
• Earth Mother--offers spiritual and emotional
nourishment (Pocahontas)
• Fairy Mother--all-knowing, guides and directs
(Mary Poppins, The Fairy Godmother)
• Terrible Mother/Stepmother--worst type of
mother figure, resentful of children
(Margaret White in Carrie, Evil Stepmother)
FRANKENSTEIN 1931
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyiXjyVsfw