Remediation is the representing of one medium inside another. Basically put, it's taking a formula or idea that works well in one medium, for example video games, and using it inside another, for example movies. It happens with other forms of media too, for example photography and art paintings/drawings. This technique has been used since digital media first appeared. All mediums adopt from one another, for example television was adopted from radio.
We watched the German film "Run Lola Run" in class, which many people believe to do this, as there are many elements used in video games, mainly the part where the film is the same story played out 3 times in different ways, restarting after someone dies; they literally respawn. Of course, this all may be coincidental.
Another film which came to my mind in the lecture was "Scott Pilgrim vs the World" (based off the comics) in which the world literally is like a video game, and it borrows heavily from video games; of course it was intentional.
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