How does The Big Issue use intertextuality in extract A?
Extract A: Front Cover No. 1214
This front cover was release in July of 2016. The all female remake of the popular movie The Ghostbusters was released in this same month along with Donald Trump receiving the official Republican Party nomination for his first run for U.S. president. Here his face has been placed onto the body of Slimer, one of the more iconic ghosts from the Ghostbusters franchise. The heads of the ghostbusters have been replaced with the heads of (From left to right):
Hilary Clinton - The Democrat Party nominee running against Trump.
Theresa May - The new UK Prime Minister, only the second woman to hold that office.
Taylor Swift - According to Forbes magazine, the highest paid celebrity in the world.
Serena Williams - The highest paid female athlete in the world.
MARK SCHEME
- Clear and coherent understanding of Intertextuality [0,1,2,3]
- Accurately answers the question [0,1,2,3]
- Selects and describes examples with care and precision [0,1,2,3]
- Carefully analyses ALL examples [0,1,2,3]
- Uses terminology like a Media Studies expert [0,1,2,3]
1 - A little, but pretty vague
2 - Yes, but could do it better
3 - Yes! Excellent
EXAMPLE ESSAY
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