Research - Intertextuality
Intertextuality is a way to describe of of the similar references some films have between each other. For example, the way in which an specific scene is structured in order to be used for the same reason could be a way to show how intertextuality is being used. The audience would familiarise with these scenes because they may have been used by other movies. The structure of the scenes which are borrowed literally follow the same technical areas as each other. These areas are: mise en scene, camera, sound and editing. Obviously, the scene borrowed are not exactly the same, they are just similar because of the way it's displayed. 
In order to make it easier for us to understand what intertextuality really is and how it is put in use, we were shown an example of how the same scene of different thriller movies all have a similar scene in which they use intertextuality. In the movie 'Psycho', there is a very famous scene where the a man tries to murder a woman with a knife. The clip of the scene is shown below. In addition, movies such as 'The stepfather' or 'Fatal Attraction' borrow similar aspects from the same scene. One of the main similarities were the use of different sexes (male against female), portraying women to be weaker than men. Also, another one was the use of the knife in all of the scenes. Furthermore, the sound on all of the scenes are similar, thrilling, which is what creates the tension during the scene and is what makes the audience get more into the movie. On the other hand, in all of the scenes the atmosphere seems to be the same; the bathroom.
These are all things that show how film directors use intertextuality in order to build up a scene while also being creative.
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