I hope this “touching” moment between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker provides you with a nice Monday smile to help get you through your work week It’s amazing how a small change of perception (and some nice music and video editing skills) can take such a serious moment from Star Wars into one that’s completely [...]
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Movie Self-Reference: A Lesson From Spaceballs on Where the Real Money From Movies is Made
Self-reference is an effective comedic technique utilized several times throughout the movie Spaceballs “a 1987 science fiction parody film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks.”1 (Available on DVD from Amazon.com and Amazon.ca). One specific scene where the self-reference comedic tactic is used provides a useful lesson in marketing movies. This marketing tactic has been [...]
