Research - Intertextuality

Intertextuality is when in the making of a media product you refer or draw reference from another media product. For example there is a famous scene from the film Psyco where the lady is in the shower and a man comes in and stabs her to death. Ideas from this scene have been a reference point for other films such as The Stepfather, What Lies Beneath and Fatal attraction

Bathroom Scene form The Stepfather

This is the scene from The stepfather. In Psyco the shower rail is pulled down and and a sharp object is held up and then stabbing actions. This film uses those aspects for the film so the audience can draw reference to fatal attraction.

Bathroom Scene From Fatal Attraction

This is the scene from Fatal attraction. This film uses the ideas from Psyco when the knife is held up in the bath and when the blood is dragged down the wall. This is also intertextuality used for the audience to draw reference and make comparisons between the two films.