Intertextualality

Intertextuality is whan a film literally 'borrows' from another. The audience may recognise certain, aspects of mise en scene, camera angles, sound snippets or methods or editiing that they may have seen in another film.

The film Psycho is a very famous film, many directors have taken certain aspects of this film to also try and make their film as successful for example many films borrow the Psycho knife.

Fatal AttractionThis Movie has ovbiously borrowed aspects from Phsycho. The white bath, shower curtain, tiles and bathrobe. The shower head has also been borrowed, the psycho knife and the woman sliding down the wall when dying.

Some of the same shots in Fatal Attraction have been borrowed. the shot of the hand reaching out and falling to shot death bas borrowed. In fatal attraction there is the shot of the womants hand with the knife in it which has the same effect. the mid shot of when she slides down the wall was also borrowed some shots where the woman is with the knife moving it up and down some point of view shot from the victims point was also taken, it adds to the intensity because the veiwer can see the knife comming at them like the victim would.