Intertextuality Intertextuality When a media text is referenced

Intertextuality

Intertextuality When a media text is referenced or featured within another media text

Intertextuality in Stranger Things 80’s kids movies Family films E. T Goonies Super 8 80’s horror – IT Back to the future Poltergeist Nightmare on Elm street

E. T American 1982 science fiction film Concept based on an imaginary friend Spielberg created after his parents’ divorced in 1960 Considered one of the finest movies of its generation

Nightmare on Elm Street 1984 American slasher film Estimated budget of $1. 8 million Includes a morality play where sexually promiscuous teenagers are killed

Goonies 1985 American adventure comedy film Budget of $19 million and since become a cult film

Stranger things and 80 s movies – connection? Stranger things is connected to and references a range of 80 s movies. For example, both feature groups of young children and teens as central characters; narratives revolve around aliens and supernatural beings; locations are based in “small town America” – white picket fences, mom and pop stores, quiet, safe inhabited and predominantly white and well off people. Stylistically, the TV show and the films are similar – many of the shots actually homage shots from famous 80 s movies. Other examples of typical characters from 80 s films: police chief, someone new in town, randy teens, teachers, shady government agents Examples of shared mise en scene: woods, 80 s costume, 80 s memorabilia The series mixes the genre of family sci-fi adventure with more grown up themes of horror – combining ideas from 80 s films with different target audiences