June 11, 2009
In today's lesson we started focusing on the concept of genre and how throughout time the borders of significant genres such as horror, western or comedy have eroded away and now films are combining more than one genre.
Also, there are various ways of categorising subjects. For example, for our starter i learnt that there were various ways of categorising fruits and vegetables. This ranged from colour, shape, size, growth style and type.
Genre Recognition:
People can recognise genre through simple aspects of the medium.
These are:
- Iconography- Images/symbols relative to a genre such as sci-fi has space ships
- The plot/narrative- The storyline of most films is good overcoming evil
- Character- Heroes and Villains
- Setting- Eg: A sci-fi would be set in a fantasy place or in space.
-Music- An action film would have very fast paced and pounding music to match the action.
-Stars- Actors and Actresses such as Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie can be associated with the genre of actions via Tom Cruise being in "Mission Impossible" and Angelina Jolie being in "Tomb Raider".
Therefore it can be concluded that throughout the ages the borders of significant genres have been eroded away and now contemporary films are merging genres together in order to meet the expectations of audiences and satisfy them. This helps to reinforce the concept of social, cultural, economic and political agendas influencing the development of a genre.
Also, there are various ways of categorising subjects. For example, for our starter i learnt that there were various ways of categorising fruits and vegetables. This ranged from colour, shape, size, growth style and type.
Genre Recognition:
People can recognise genre through simple aspects of the medium.
These are:
- Iconography- Images/symbols relative to a genre such as sci-fi has space ships
- The plot/narrative- The storyline of most films is good overcoming evil
- Character- Heroes and Villains
- Setting- Eg: A sci-fi would be set in a fantasy place or in space.
-Music- An action film would have very fast paced and pounding music to match the action.
-Stars- Actors and Actresses such as Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie can be associated with the genre of actions via Tom Cruise being in "Mission Impossible" and Angelina Jolie being in "Tomb Raider".
Therefore it can be concluded that throughout the ages the borders of significant genres have been eroded away and now contemporary films are merging genres together in order to meet the expectations of audiences and satisfy them. This helps to reinforce the concept of social, cultural, economic and political agendas influencing the development of a genre.
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