Nya-chan Production wrote:
Okay, since you accept two, I'll delve deeper into the other three.
All hell Lelouch - parodies Lelouch's attitude and his similarity to SP Satan - both being the brad guy who just try to be good and want to live "Up There"? Makes fun of Lelouch, basically.
Project Bonklers - COMPLETE visual parody, including effects, of Aggressor's De:Light (looked it up for you) This is fine, I have not seen it so I didn't comment on it.
The Darkest of Places is the hardest to see, but it basically makes fun of the relationship between the protagonists by showing it in completely different view - it takes parts of the original (guy looking at the arse of the girl all the time, dialogues, their looks on each other) and exaggerates them and adds some stuff to express it better.
All hell Lelouch - parodies Lelouch's attitude and his similarity to SP Satan - both being the brad guy who just try to be good and want to live "Up There"? Makes fun of Lelouch, basically.
Yes, but it does not take the character of either "Satan" or "Lelouch" and specifically satirize them. This video could have been made with practically any antagonist, so it really doesn't matter that it's "Making fun of lelouch" It is still not a parody of Lelouch.
Project Bonklers - COMPLETE visual parody, including effects, of Aggressor's De:Light (looked it up for you) This is fine, I have not seen it so I didn't comment on it. <--this is fine, I had not seen the original video, so I didn't comment on it. It is indeed a parody then. (as long as by copying the visual style they are making fun of the style,)
The Darkest of Places is the hardest to see, but it basically makes fun of the relationship between the protagonists by showing it in completely different view - it takes parts of the original (guy looking at the arse of the girl all the time, dialogues, their looks on each other) and exaggerates them and adds some stuff to express it better.
This is simply not a parody. It's just not. It's a well made video, funny, and entertaining. But it's not a parody of anything.
It's not copying any specific show or character, It's not exaggerating any particular easily recognizable anything in order to poke fun at it. It is simply a funny song with wacky character expressions.
Look,
Parody and comedy is something I have thought quite alot about both Avatar Music Video wise and otherwise. It's a bit of a passion of mine.
I am fully able to say that just because a video is funny does not mean it is a parody. A parody needs to be a satire of a specific person, style, or event and not simply a comedy.
Let's look at films.
Spaceballs: Obviously looks like and emulates the costumes of starwars. it is a parody.
The Producers(1968 the good one): A very funny movie, well written, but not a reference to anything and thus NOT A PARODY.