Genre: Blog tasks
1) What example is provided of why visual iconography's are so important?
A: For example, you recognise the genre quickly which is through the media language, these are usually the ones that are shared by the majority of texts.
5) List three ways genre is used by audiences.
A: The three ways genre is used by audiences are by applying their prior knowledge to anticipate and see whether they would enjoy the text. Another way is through rejecting a text. This is when we view texts that we assume we dislike by the impression it promotes thus we tend to avoid accessing it. Furthermore a comparison is made between two texts and their characteristics. For example if you were watching a horror film and your explaining it to someone, you would compare it to another text with similar characteristics.
6) List three ways genre is used by institutions or producers.
7) What film genre is used as an example of how genres evolve? What films and conventions are mentioned?
A: The film genre that is used as an example of how genres evolve is the gangster genre and how it has altered over time. The films mentioned are Scarface, Reservoir dogs and The sopranos. These all have similar and different conventions which are required as if they are too different the demographics' generic expectations wont be met and if its too similar it creates cliche as it would be too predictable.
Media fact sheet 126:
1) List five films the fact sheet discusses with regards to the Superhero genre.
A: Five films the fact sheet discusses with regards to the superhero genre are The X-Men Franchise, The Avengers, Spider man, Guardians of the Galaxy and Agents of Shield.
2) What examples are provided of how the Superhero genre has reflected the changing values, ideologies and world events of the last 70 years?
A: Superman, Batman Forever, X-Men, Spider-Man 3 and the Dark Knight Rises.
3) How can Schatz's theory of genre cycles be applied to the Superhero genre?
A: Schatz theory shows a dynamic in genre through a cycle . This starts with innovation which is the time when genre codes are established. This is when films started to use comic book characters and apply it to their movie in which this lead to other film producers using comic book characters. It then follows onto classical which is the time when conventions are set and repeated. This is when the superhero genre was at a classical stage and codes and conventions were consistently repeated. After classical is parody, which the time when the codes begin to feel a little clichéd and are mocked or undermined. This allowed the demographic to enjoy the funny nature of the genre and the awareness of it. It would intentionally make you not view the superhero in a serious manner. Finally, deconstruction is the time when the genre is played or experimented with. This is when technology has a huge effect that lead the innovation with special effects to make the movies seem more realistic.
Analysis:
1) Why did you choose the text you are analysing?
A: I chose this text as I really enjoyed watching this movie as it contained a lot of drama which made me more intrigued with the movie.
2) In what context did you encounter it?
A: I encountered this movie when I was watching trailers on YouTube, the trailer really caught my attention so I then watched it on Netflix.
3) What influence do you think this context might have had on your interpretation of the text?
A: I thought this movie would contain a lot of drama which is shown through the mise en scene and facial expressions within the poster, but also have a sub genre of romance and comedy as there were a lot of couples and a famous comedian had starred in it.
4) To what genre did you initially assign the text?
A: The genre I initially assigned the text to was drama/romance.
5) What is your experience of this genre?
A: I watch a numerous variety of films that relate to this genre as I enjoy romantic comedies the most.
6) What subject matter and basic themes is the text concerned with?
A: The basic theme of this movie are couples who have many differences but those differences are what makes them attract. Thus they lie about their past to please one another. The subject matter of this movie are couples in conflict.
7) How typical of the genre is this text in terms of content?
A: It is very typical as the movie is romantic and extremely funny.
8) What expectations do you have about texts in this genre?
A: I expected this movie to be a typical rom com where this a couple who have conflict but end up falling in love. However this movie wasn't as cliché as instead it conveyed different aspects of different couples and how they resolved their issues.
9) Have you found any formal generic labels for this particular text (where)?
A: Some of the demographics views are that they expected it to be quite predictable as a typical rom com.
10) What generic labels have others given the same text?
A: some other genre labels expect different conventions to be used so it isn't as predictable.
1) What example is provided of why visual iconography's are so important?
A: Star Wars and Star Trek use recognisable iconography's of Science fiction.
2) What examples are provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre?
2) What examples are provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre?
A: For example, you recognise the genre quickly which is through the media language, these are usually the ones that are shared by the majority of texts.
3) What is the difference between character representation in action movies and disaster movies?
A: The difference between character representation in action and disaster movies is that in action movies the main character participating in the action is an isolated hero which is a stereotypical expectation and is mostly seen as being unconventional. Whereas within disaster movies, the heroic role is played within a group of people and not one person in isolation like action movies. Overall action movies depend on individual strength, conversely disaster movies focus and value teamwork and collaboration.
4) What are the different ways films can be categorised according to Bordwell?
A: The different ways films can be categorised are period or country (e.g.: US films of the 1930's), director/star (e.g.: Ben Stiller films), technical process (e.g.: animation), Style (e.g.: German expressionism;), series (e.g.: Bond;) and audience (e.g.: family films).
5) List three ways genre is used by audiences.
A: The three ways genre is used by audiences are by applying their prior knowledge to anticipate and see whether they would enjoy the text. Another way is through rejecting a text. This is when we view texts that we assume we dislike by the impression it promotes thus we tend to avoid accessing it. Furthermore a comparison is made between two texts and their characteristics. For example if you were watching a horror film and your explaining it to someone, you would compare it to another text with similar characteristics.
6) List three ways genre is used by institutions or producers.
A: The three ways genre is used by institutions or producers are through production, attracting an audience and marketing texts. Within production there is always a set of rules and a plan to help them produce the film/TV series. This helps them as they don't have to come up with ideas on the spot and additionally produce similar films in a modern version and remove parts the audience dislike to create a better version. With attracting audiences many people tend to watch new TV series as after they finish one they look for others so they just watch new ones because they are new. This helps increase profit within the market and avoid failure. When trailers are shown online they reveal numerous aspects of the film to give indications of the genre such as a horror movie will include a scary theme tune consisting of horrific scenes. This thus raises expectations for the film as people would expect it to be terrifying with jump scares.
7) What film genre is used as an example of how genres evolve? What films and conventions are mentioned?
A: The film genre that is used as an example of how genres evolve is the gangster genre and how it has altered over time. The films mentioned are Scarface, Reservoir dogs and The sopranos. These all have similar and different conventions which are required as if they are too different the demographics' generic expectations wont be met and if its too similar it creates cliche as it would be too predictable.
Media fact sheet 126:
1) List five films the fact sheet discusses with regards to the Superhero genre.
A: Five films the fact sheet discusses with regards to the superhero genre are The X-Men Franchise, The Avengers, Spider man, Guardians of the Galaxy and Agents of Shield.
2) What examples are provided of how the Superhero genre has reflected the changing values, ideologies and world events of the last 70 years?
A: Superman, Batman Forever, X-Men, Spider-Man 3 and the Dark Knight Rises.
3) How can Schatz's theory of genre cycles be applied to the Superhero genre?
A: Schatz theory shows a dynamic in genre through a cycle . This starts with innovation which is the time when genre codes are established. This is when films started to use comic book characters and apply it to their movie in which this lead to other film producers using comic book characters. It then follows onto classical which is the time when conventions are set and repeated. This is when the superhero genre was at a classical stage and codes and conventions were consistently repeated. After classical is parody, which the time when the codes begin to feel a little clichéd and are mocked or undermined. This allowed the demographic to enjoy the funny nature of the genre and the awareness of it. It would intentionally make you not view the superhero in a serious manner. Finally, deconstruction is the time when the genre is played or experimented with. This is when technology has a huge effect that lead the innovation with special effects to make the movies seem more realistic.
Analysis:
1) Why did you choose the text you are analysing?
A: I chose this text as I really enjoyed watching this movie as it contained a lot of drama which made me more intrigued with the movie.
2) In what context did you encounter it?
A: I encountered this movie when I was watching trailers on YouTube, the trailer really caught my attention so I then watched it on Netflix.
3) What influence do you think this context might have had on your interpretation of the text?
A: I thought this movie would contain a lot of drama which is shown through the mise en scene and facial expressions within the poster, but also have a sub genre of romance and comedy as there were a lot of couples and a famous comedian had starred in it.
4) To what genre did you initially assign the text?
A: The genre I initially assigned the text to was drama/romance.
5) What is your experience of this genre?
A: I watch a numerous variety of films that relate to this genre as I enjoy romantic comedies the most.
6) What subject matter and basic themes is the text concerned with?
A: The basic theme of this movie are couples who have many differences but those differences are what makes them attract. Thus they lie about their past to please one another. The subject matter of this movie are couples in conflict.
7) How typical of the genre is this text in terms of content?
A: It is very typical as the movie is romantic and extremely funny.
8) What expectations do you have about texts in this genre?
A: I expected this movie to be a typical rom com where this a couple who have conflict but end up falling in love. However this movie wasn't as cliché as instead it conveyed different aspects of different couples and how they resolved their issues.
9) Have you found any formal generic labels for this particular text (where)?
A: Some of the demographics views are that they expected it to be quite predictable as a typical rom com.
10) What generic labels have others given the same text?
A: some other genre labels expect different conventions to be used so it isn't as predictable.
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