With a long list of references reported by IMBD on movies connection page for Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. I have decided to use it as my main text for my case study analysis and reflection. The concepts I will be using are textual poaching and fandom. I have created the above video to show some references in the film. Pulp fiction is a good example of textual poaching and fandom because it has a lot of different texts within the film. The question is, how would we define this? Would we think that Tarantino poached the content because he has the intention of poaching it or is he paying tribute to the films that he is a fan of by referencing them in the films that he writes and directs?
Tarantino's Pulp Fiction is a good example of a media text that has been made cross-platform by both the producers and the fans. The producers create the movie poster to advertise the film and fans create content "to suit the fans own," (Hartley, 2011). Below is an example of a poster made by the producers and the fans, on the left is made by the producers (Miramax) and on the right is made by a fan (MasterDEV777, 2011). Fans however do not stop their creation at just art, fans are "inspirational consumers" (Gray, Sandvoss, Harrington 2007, p.258) that create a piece of content to show their interest in the content. Fans are a group of people that are "drawn together by shared passions" (Gray, Sandvoss, Harrington 2007, p.357). Let's ask ourselves this question, when fans create content based on their favourite film, in this case, Pulp Fiction, does this mean that they are poaching the characters for their own pleasure or to show that they have the "means to connect with others and extend your (their) horizons?" in this series of blog posts, I will be discussing to what extent would it be classed as poaching.
With a long list of references reported by IMBD on movies connection page for Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. I have decided to use it as my main text for my case study analysis and reflection. The concepts I will be using are textual poaching and fandom. I have created the above video to show some references in the film. Pulp fiction is a good example of textual poaching and fandom because it has a lot of different texts within the film. The question is, how would we define this? Would we think that Tarantino poached the content because he has the intention of poaching it or is he paying tribute to the films that he is a fan of by referencing them in the films that he writes and directs?
Tarantino's Pulp Fiction is a good example of a media text that has been made cross-platform by both the producers and the fans. The producers create the movie poster to advertise the film and fans create content "to suit the fans own," (Hartley, 2011). Below is an example of a poster made by the producers and the fans, on the left is made by the producers (Miramax) and on the right is made by a fan (MasterDEV777, 2011). Fans however do not stop their creation at just art, fans are "inspirational consumers" (Gray, Sandvoss, Harrington 2007, p.258) that create a piece of content to show their interest in the content. Fans are a group of people that are "drawn together by shared passions" (Gray, Sandvoss, Harrington 2007, p.357). Let's ask ourselves this question, when fans create content based on their favourite film, in this case, Pulp Fiction, does this mean that they are poaching the characters for their own pleasure or to show that they have the "means to connect with others and extend your (their) horizons?" in this series of blog posts, I will be discussing to what extent would it be classed as poaching.
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