Intertextuality in films

In this blog I am going to be explaining what intertextuality is and give some examples from fairly recent films. 


But first of all, What is intertextuality?
Intertextuality describe's the visual reference between films. Films sometimes borrow aspects of one film and incorporate it into their own. This could be the mise en scene, sound, editing, characters etc. A viewer would need to see a certain film or text to understand the intertextuality.


Some examples of intertextuality?

Spoof films such as Scary Movie, are great examples of intertextuality because these films would not exist if they did not use intertextuality. A lot of the jokes from this film rely on the viewer having watched other films or texts.