Shadow of the Vampire Essay
Shadow of the vampire essay
Both Stoker’s Dracula and Mernau’s Nosferatu have been used to create a new text, with its own concerns, the new text being shadow of the vampire, and its concerns being that it needs to appeal to a postmodern audience. Shadow of the vampire is a new text representing new elements that resonate with a contemporary, post modern audience. Various elements of the gothic mode for example vampirism, immortality, sexuality, and the shadow motif have been appropriated, also Intertextuality is created through the use of real Nosferatu footage, and re-enactments of Nosferatu in order to appeal to a postmodern audience.
The two texts Dracula and Nosferatu have been used to create the film shadow of the vampire. Shadow of the vampire is not a straight transformation of Dracula and Nosferatu, it is a new text representing new elements that resonate with a contemporary postmodern audience. This postmodern film has used elements from the two historical texts, in a playful and ironic fashion to appeal to a postmodern audience. One of the main aspects of the film that appeals to a postmodern audience is the idea of the emphasis on the process, which is all about making a film about the making of a film. Ironically the post modernists have used a film about the making of a film to critic the film industry, the very industry that produces their film.
Playfulness is represented in many ways throughout the film to appeal to a postmodern audience. At the start of the film when the credits are playing playfulness is shown when modern art is used to create something that looks medieval. During a re-enactment of Nosferatu Shrek talks when he in not supposed to, Murnau reacts by saying “give the lip readers a thrill” this playful dialogue is directed towards the fact that Nosferatu is a silent film and you cannot hear what the actors saw.
Various elements of the gothic such as vampirism, immortality, sexuality, and shadow motif have been taken from Dracula
Both Stoker’s Dracula and Mernau’s Nosferatu have been used to create a new text, with its own concerns, the new text being shadow of the vampire, and its concerns being that it needs to appeal to a postmodern audience. Shadow of the vampire is a new text representing new elements that resonate with a contemporary, post modern audience. Various elements of the gothic mode for example vampirism, immortality, sexuality, and the shadow motif have been appropriated, also Intertextuality is created through the use of real Nosferatu footage, and re-enactments of Nosferatu in order to appeal to a postmodern audience.
The two texts Dracula and Nosferatu have been used to create the film shadow of the vampire. Shadow of the vampire is not a straight transformation of Dracula and Nosferatu, it is a new text representing new elements that resonate with a contemporary postmodern audience. This postmodern film has used elements from the two historical texts, in a playful and ironic fashion to appeal to a postmodern audience. One of the main aspects of the film that appeals to a postmodern audience is the idea of the emphasis on the process, which is all about making a film about the making of a film. Ironically the post modernists have used a film about the making of a film to critic the film industry, the very industry that produces their film.
Playfulness is represented in many ways throughout the film to appeal to a postmodern audience. At the start of the film when the credits are playing playfulness is shown when modern art is used to create something that looks medieval. During a re-enactment of Nosferatu Shrek talks when he in not supposed to, Murnau reacts by saying “give the lip readers a thrill” this playful dialogue is directed towards the fact that Nosferatu is a silent film and you cannot hear what the actors saw.
Various elements of the gothic such as vampirism, immortality, sexuality, and shadow motif have been taken from Dracula