POSTMODERNISM

By Leticia Silva

Maleficent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-XO4XiRop0&safe=active

Maleficent has intertextuality

It has intertextuality because it comes from the fairy tale story sleeping beauty:

Its uses the story and pulls the attention all onto the which rather than sleeping beauty herself. It’s a recycled idea from the fairy-tale in order to make it seem like it’s a new movie when it’s just a copy of another.It’s pastiche because it uses the same type way to create the story and have the story line with a little twist.

Nostalgia Maleficent comes from the fairy-tale

sleeping beauty and it is a recycled idea. It’s nostalgic because of it’s use of using

something that has been told various times and it has nothing new to it. The idea and the story is recycled even though it’s presented in a slight different way it’s still recycled because it’s not an original idea.

Hypereality It’s hyperealistic because it takes from a

idea of a real message not to trust anyone to create something form a myth which is not real in order to create something unrealistic to leave a hidden message.

Also because it’s based on a myth created in a realistic landscape that looks real but is magical which is not real.

Scopophillia It has scopophillia because within the text

maleficent pretends to be the ‘good guy’ in order to hypnotise the princess into thinking she’s the good guy to destroy the castle.

She uses scopophillia to pretend to be something she is not because she knows she depends on the princess and the princess is watching her to see if she truly is who she says she is.

Artificial

It uses GCI to create something that is impossible in real life so that the fairy-tale can seem believable and understandable.

It also uses CGI to set the unrealistic moments to emphasise that it’s a fairy-tale and to enchant people to feel engaged.