Parody and Pastiche

Parody

Parody is taking another media text and looking at it in a mocking form, with various elements being used and turned into a light hearted manner if previously serious. It usually follows the same style and situation but exaggerating to make it humourous.
One example of a parody video is 'Girl All The Bad Guys Want' by Bowling For Soup.



This mocks quite a few videos but most notable the video for 'It's Been Awhile' by Staind, which is handily seen quite clearly in the thumbnails.



The Bowling For Soup one copies the costume and idea of Staind's singer writing a song with an acoustic guitar but mocks it by having him on the toilet and the house setting on fire.

Pastiche

Pastiche is similar to parody, but it's not in a mocking or exaggerated style instead just taking the original text and presenting it as it's own. It disregards the original text and comes across as it's own, which separates it from intertextuality which is more of a homage.

One example of pastiche I have found is Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'.



This music video copies has all the codes and conventions of Horror films of the 70s, most notably werewolves, through the costumes and scary narrative that are prominent in the video while not in the mocking manner. It became iconic through this and is the most watched music video of all time.