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How to Make the Perfect Parody

Disclaimer: I am by no means saying this parody is perfect, but the alliteration was hard to resist!

This post was written by Kylie Murphy.

We can probably all recognize a medication advertisement when we see one. But how? What is it exactly that makes our brains go, This is a medication advertisement, oh, that reminds me I have to make those returns to LL Bean?

Talk to your doctor to see if Advertocil is right for you.

The most important part of creating a parody is successfully evoking your source material. The audience needs to settle into the comfort of the familiar before you shake it up and hopefully get a surprise and giggle out of it all.

But evoking is big and abstract. We need concrete and actionable!

The good news—everything from the stars in the sky to what makes The Devil Wears Prada so watchable can be broken down into elements (Tucci + toole + Tunstall).

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Author: Kylie Murphy
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.

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