Intertextuality

We live in a post modern era where everything has been done before and we recycle the same ideas over and over again. There are clear recycled bands and artists in the music industry, for example in the rock and roll genre the 'Beatles' and 'Oasis':

Similarities between the two bands:

• haircut/style
• facial expressions in photos
• clothing
• the amount of people in the band
• both wear black and white.
• sunglasses

 

In the pop genre there was a similarity 'Madonna' and 'Lady Gaga':

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  Similarities between the pop artists:
  • blonde hair
  • iconic hairstyles
  • unique costumes
  • makeup
  • similar body shape
  • music- catchy,repeative,high-pitched
  Oppositional Reading
  In magazines the audience can feel it is gossip, not trusted and can be rejected for culture and political. For example 'LARD' magazine was full of photos of dead bodies and isn't very interesting to read about. On the front of the 'Beatles' American Album cover they posed in a butchers with meat on them and are smiling happily, this was at the time of war so was not the best timing.
  • Visual Motifs is something you see recurring for example in the pop industry many woman are into the new craze of 'twerking' and songs about 'butts'.
  • Hyper Real photos are used in pop magazines than the reality. They over edit images to make it look different and to what they want e.g. skinny and more tanned. In rock magazines like authentic and real photos.
  • R&B genre doesn't care about the authentic look and tries to make it look unique by using cartoons and manga styles.