Music:
Covers – Same song, different artist. May have single small word changes in lyrics.
Samples – Taking the beat or chorus of a song and using it for an entirely different song.
Mash-ups – Combining two or more songs together to create a new song. Typically done by DJs
Stories:
Medium Adaptation – Taking a story in one format and transferring it to a different format (ex: book to movie, foreign film to American film, movie to tv show)
Creative Adaptation – Taking an original story and changing it and making it creatively unique (ex: Hamlet vs Lion King; Pride & Prejudice vs Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies; The Odyssey vs O’ Brother Where Art Thou)
Historical Adaptation – Taking a historical event or figure and revising history for creative reasons (The Battle of Thermopylae vs 300; Pocahontas the historical figure vs Pocahontas the Disney princess; Abraham Lincoln the president vs Abraham Lincoln Vampire Slayer)
Parody – Taking an original text and making it humorous (ex: Weird Al music, Star Wars vs Spaceballs, Scream vs Scary Movie)
Music Example Links:
Mashups: Norwegian Recycling – “No Taylor, No Scar” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tran2ChS_Gw) Isosine – “We Are Coming Undone” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22al-o6rONk) Covers: Nine Inch Nails – “Hurt” [Original] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb4qyuR7_cc) Johnny Cash – “Hurt” [Cover] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc) Talk Talk – “It's My Life” [Original] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ixRWvrkUHo) No Doubt – “It's My Life” [Cover] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubvV498pyIM) Sampling: Bruce Hornsby – “The Way It Is” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOeKidp-iWo) Tupac – “Changes” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nay31hvEvrY) Aerosmith – “Dream On” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAglUR-KXfQ) Eminem – “Sing for the Moment” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxWP8-50Le8)