Thursday, 13 October 2016

What is genre/ideas




Genre: A way of categorising films.

Sub-Genre: A subdivision of a genre of literature , music , film etc

Hybrid genre: A complete blend of 2 genres.

Codes&convections: Message or signifiers of genre.

Genre Tropes: The use of figurative language , cliche codes&convection elements of a genre to have been over used.



Preferred Genres:


WESTERN - Easy to identify , through the setting ( Dessert ) , horse , costumes and the props.






ACTION- Easy to identify , the cars moving on the runway , man jumping on the car.





DRAMA - Easy to identify , through the costumes ( pink ) , the canteen area , seems like a high school area , teenagers the only ones in the scene.

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