Friday 19 October 2012

The video to 'Buddy Holly' by Weezer is just about the most obvious a  Parody that a music video can be:




This is a straight forward Parody of the US TV series 'Happy Days':






It even includes scenes taken from the original TV programme as well as a cameo appearance from 'Arnie' the owner of the Diner in 'Happy Days'.

See if you can work out what scenes are from the original show, what scenes were filmed fresh for the music video and what scenes are a combination of the two.

Justice- New Lands: Intertextual referencing, Nostalgia, Ecclictism & Bricolage.



Watch the video for the Justice Single 'New Lands'.
How many of the following references can you spot?

Snake Plissken from 'Escape From New York':



Rollerball 1975:




The Running Man:





















Cobra, Japanese Animation:



Mister Freedom By William Klein:


Any Given Sunday:


The Last Boy Scout Opening sequence:




What other elements of Postmodernism can you spot in this video?