Intertextuality

Intertextuality 

Taken & Family Guy 

The audience start to notice when Family Guy is about to reference the film Taken when Peter Griffin gets a phone call from the people that kidnapped his daughter and says similar things as to what Bryan Mills says in the film Taken. However in Family Guy it is more comedic whereas the taken version is much more serious. The benefits of these references are that people who are fans of Family Guy and the movie Taken may get some entertainment of seeing one of there favourite films being referenced in one of their favourite tv shows. Also this can also boosts fans self esteem as they can identify that, that scene from taken was then referenced by Family Guy. 

I would say that the film Taken originally aimed at people 16 - 40 in the C1 - E social groups and primary target audience being males as they have more entertainment with the violence of the movie and secondary target audience being females as women can relate to the actual story line of women being used as sexual objects which is how Laura Mulvey thinks women are seen. 

Family Guy who referenced the movie Taken would possibly be watched by people aged 13 - 30 in the C2 - E social group which may be primarily aimed at males since its about a man and his family and also since this specific episode is about the film Taken so it would be watched by mainly males and the secondary target audience being females since they can also find comedic things with in the tv show family guy. The similarities that are identified is the story line where the daughter goes missing in France with her best friend and is then auctioned off as a sex slave to the highest bidder the scenes are very quite similar. However the father in Taken was the one to go searching for the daughter whereas in the Family Guy the Baby and talking dog go searching for her to try get her home safely. There is definitely some entertainment/escapism which is offered to the audience in both were the audience can switch off from their day to day lives and watch this film and TV show. Also there may be some social interaction where the audience can talk to each other about the show and movie, for example after seeing the movie Taken and then for the audience to watch family guy that has referenced this they might see a different side to the story of were it was very serious and then the side were people can actually laugh about it and make it actually not so serious. 

Taken 

Family guy 

Back To The Future & Family Guy 

The audience start to realise that Family Guy is going to be referencing the movie Back to the Future when the character Peter Griffin picks up the phone like Marty McFly in the movie and says the same things for example he says that he is late for school and then runs outside on his skateboard and holds on to the back of trucks on his way to school and this is exactly the same in Family Guy. The benefit of these references is that it publicizes both Back to the Future and Family Guy. Also it shows Mary McFly as a cartoon character in Family Guy. I would say that the original film of Back to the Future was aimed at 13 - 30 years in the C1 - E social class and i would say that it was primarily aimed at males since this movie revolves around a young male trying to get back to the future from the past and in the process try to get his parents to fall in love again otherwise his brother and sister wont exist too. The secondary target audience would be females since it was about trying to get his parents to fall in love again and some girls might find the romance things as one of their favourite genres. 

In the video there are many similarities from one specific scene where Marty McFly was running late for school and then grabs his skateboard and holds on to the back of a truck on his way. The scene from Family Guy with Peter Griffin is exactly the same as if you were watching Back to the Future as a cartoon. The audience may get some personal identification of being a teenager who goes too school just like Marty Mcfly. Also the audience may get some escapism for example seeing someone going to the past then trying to get home to the future and this would be nice for the audience to see and kind of feel like they have joined in with Marty because its highly unlikely that people would be able to do what Marty does in Back to the Future. 

Family Guy & Back to the Future mash up