L/o: To explore the intertextuality of The Lego Movie and the Target Audience; to apply Propps narrative theory
Postmodernism:
-Challenges genre conventions- may use a mixture
-Imitates other texts or takes a humorous take on society/culture
-Makes the audience aware they are watching
"Postmodernism questions what is real and what is absolute"
The Lego Movie is a postmodernist film because they use a range of genres: Romance, Fantasy, Action, Comedy.
Also, through the film, Emmet turns and speaks to the audience which suggests its trying to link to reality.
It challenges character rules for example Emmet is not your typical Hero and Wyldstyle in not the typical sidekick, she is Emo and stronger the hero.
Intertextuality:
Summary of the plot:
The Lego Movie focuses on a character called Emmet who is just a regular man and a builder. One day Emmet falls down a hole and finds out he is a prodigy by Virtuvius and is given the piece de resistance. Emmet meets a girl called Wyldstyle who is Batmans girlfriend and they travel through many different worlds to try and keep Emmet and the piece de resistance safe from Lord business from his destructive weapon. The Kraggle which is human superglue) that can end the world. Lord business has locked the super builders away to use their bran power for his weapon and then he locks up Emmets friends as they are super builders. The movie ends with Vitruvius dying and Emmet jumping out of Lord Businesses top floor office and into the real world. Then emmet is a normal lego figure controlled by a boy and his dad in their massive lego cit. Then Emmet manages to come to life in the real world and the human boy puts him back into the tube which sends him back to the Lego world and Emmet saves the world from the Kraggle with Wyldstyle and they fall in love.
The main themes of the Lego movie is that creativity and imagination in society is not as strong as it used to be.
They reference to Warner bros by using characters such as Batman, Wonderwoman, Superman, Dumbledore, Gandalf. It also relates to the matrix.
Star wars lego products are mentioned. The different lego worlds- promoting
Propps spheres of action:
Vladimir Propp says that characters take up the role of narrative "Spheres of action"
He identified different character roles necessary to make up a narrative.
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