Is there a term for when "a book refers to a movie taken based on the book" called?
The Princess Diaries is both a series of books and movies.
In the book Princess Diaries 6 (2005) princess Mia from the book comments on "The Princess Diaries 1 (2001) & 2 (2004)" movies :
Although to tell the truth, both of those movies took a lot of liberties with the facts. It was bad enough in the first one that they made my dad dead and Grandmère all nice and everything.
Now, in the latest one, I supposedly broke up with Michael! Like that’s going to happen. That was entirely projection on the part of the movie studio, I guess to make the story more exciting, or something. As if my life isn’t exciting enough without any help from Hollywood.
Is there a term for this kind of reference ? The book references to the movie or the movie references to the book ?
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Essentially, this is a..
Meta-Reference
Meta-reference is a special type of self-reference that can occur in all media or medial artifacts, for instance literature, film, painting, TV series, comic strips, or video games. It includes all references to, or comments on, a specific medium, medial artifact, or the media in general. These references and comments originate from a logically higher level (a 'meta-level') within any given artifact, and draw attention to—or invite reflection about—media-related issues (e.g. the production, performance, or reception) of said artifact, specific other artifacts (as in parody), or to parts, or the entirety, of the medial system.
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What do you call it when a movie is based on a book?
A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film.What does movie novelization mean?
Cox's book is what's known in the business as a movie \u201cnovelization.\u201d The term means exactly what you think it does: it's a novel based on a film, one fleshed out with a greater attention to character backstory and more descriptive action sequences.What is a book novelization?
Novelizations are, in essence, book-length descriptions of movies, typically written not by the author of the screenplay. They are the complete opposite of the more familiar practice of turning a book into a movie.What is it called when the title is mentioned in the book?
#2. I'd just call it a titular or eponymous phrase.More answers regarding is there a term for when "a book refers to a movie taken based on the book" called?
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This type of reference is Intertextuality. Depending on academic it would be called "self intertextuality/meta intertextuality". Best example would be the intro to second book of Rambo. In First Blood Rambo dies. In movie he survive. Then they made second movie. And writer of source was hired to write book on that. He opened with "In my first book John Rambo dies. But because in movie version he did not let's pretend he didn't died in the book either. So here's his future adventures" (very approximate quote).
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