Parody and Pastiche

Pastiche:

Is different to parody but the two concepts are not far from each other, pastiche is a somewhat copy of an original, below is an example of pastiche, The original (Silence of the Lambs) was created to show the evilness in the character played by Anthony Hopkins, the "Mask" shows just how dangerous the character is. Next to him shows Mr Burns who is somewhat of an evil character himself, on the outside people would say it represents a parody but looking closer shows the evilness of the character rather than mocking the original  it copies it.

My own opinion: In my own opinion I think that pastiche is a more serious style concept rather than parody and it has a deeper meaning rather than just a joke of an original.

Parody:
Parody is a deliberate exaggeration for comedy effect to please the audience, parody can be formatted on a number of different types of media and it can also be used to parody a lot of different serious things such as people, movies, and TV shows. Below is a definite example of parody, it shows the comedy genre and it shows the actor in the video (Jack Black)  playing to the audience and twisting the harmless actions shown in Spider man into other actions. There is also no seriousness in it due to the light hearted tone of the voice of the actors.

A music video that is an example of a parody is the one shown below as although the sound is the exact same and he is just miming he is still mocking her. Greg James although very funny has in no way praised or rewarded Miley Cyrus, it is essentially an act of disrespect in order for more people to compare the two songs as it brings fans of Miley Cyrus over to watch the music video and due to the mass size of social network it will be tweeted and shared all over the place creating a larger fan base and music video population