Iron Man trailer Onion News Network Story, video
From Introduction: Film, Television, and Off-Screen Studies
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It is virtually impossible to watch a movie or TV show without preconceived notions because of the hype that precedes them, while a host of media extensions guarantees them a life long past their air dates. An onslaught of information from print media, trailers, internet discussion, merchandising, podcasts, and guerilla marketing, we generally know something about upcoming movies and TV shows well before they are even released or aired. The extras, or “paratexts,” that surround viewing experiences are far from peripheral, shaping our understanding of them and informing our decisions about what to watch or not watch and even how to watch before we even sit down for a show.
Show Sold Separately gives critical attention to this ubiquitous but often overlooked phenomenon, examining paratexts like DVD bonus materials for The Lord of the Rings, spoilers for Lost, the opening credits of The Simpsons, Star Wars actions figures, press reviews for Friday Night Lights, the framing of Batman Begins, the videogame of The Thing, and the trailers for The Sweet Hereafter. Plucking these extra materials from the wings and giving them the spotlight they deserve, Jonathan Gray examines the world of film and television that exists before and after the show.
From Introduction: Film, Television, and Off-Screen Studies
A satirical video from Onion News Network about plans to adapt the Iron Man trailer into a feature-length film.
From Introduction: Film, Television, and Off-Screen Studies
Medal of Homer, a trailer for The Simpsons Game that parodies WWII video game trailers.
From Introduction: Film, Television, and Off-Screen Studies
Grand Theft Scratchy, a trailer for The Simpsons Game that parodies Grand Theft Auto video game trailers.
From Introduction: Film, Television, and Off-Screen Studies
Neverquest, a trailer for The Simpsons Game that parodies EverQuest video game trailers.
From Introduction: Film, Television, and Off-Screen Studies
Super Happy Fun Fun, a trailer for The Simpsons Game that parodies Japanese-style video game trailers.
From Chapter 2: Coming Soon! Hype, Intros, and Textual Beginnings
A mock trailer for the 'feel-good comedy,' Shining, reframing the classic horror film.
From Chapter 2: Coming Soon! Hype, Intros, and Textual Beginnings
A mock trailer for a zombie-fied version of the classic musical, West Side Story.
From Chapter 2: Coming Soon! Hype, Intros, and Textual Beginnings
The American version of the trailer for the film The Sweet Hereafter.
From Chapter 2: Coming Soon! Hype, Intros, and Textual Beginnings
The Canadian version of the trailer for the film The Sweet Hereafter.
From Chapter 2: Coming Soon! Hype, Intros, and Textual Beginnings
One of many opening credit sequences to The Simpsons, in this case, the twist being that the couch is missing from the very end.
From Chapter 2: Coming Soon! Hype, Intros, and Textual Beginnings
Opening credits for the television crime drama, Dexter.
From Chapter 2: Coming Soon! Hype, Intros, and Textual Beginnings
Opening credits for the television drama, The Sopranos.
From Chapter 2: Coming Soon! Hype, Intros, and Textual Beginnings
A compilation of seven seasons worth of Buffy the Vampire Slayer opening credits.
From Chapter 3: Bonus Materials: Digital Auras and Authors
Musical cues in the J. R. R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle Earth documentary draw from the film's score to elide Tolkien's and the Fellowship's respective journeys.
From Chapter 3: Bonus Materials: Digital Auras and Authors
Musical cues in the J. R. R. Tolkien: Origins of Middle Earth documentary draw from the film's score to elide Tolkien's and the Fellowship's respective journeys.
From Chapter 4: Under a Long Shadow: Sequels, Prequels, Pre-Texts, Intertexts
Bruce Wayne is laid low and punished by Ducard in Batman Begins, paying for the crimes of Batman and Robin while earning his right to be Batman.
From Chapter 5: Spoiled and Mashed Up: Viewer-Created Paratexts
Winter by Wolfling and Magpie.
From Chapter 5: Spoiled and Mashed Up: Viewer-Created Paratexts
Sick Cycle Carousel by Wolfling.
From Chapter 5: Spoiled and Mashed Up: Viewer-Created Paratexts
Blood Fugue by Luminosity.
From Chapter 5: Spoiled and Mashed Up: Viewer-Created Paratexts
Us by Lim.