Why is genre important? It is a way of putting media texts into categories which share characteristics and helps build up an audiences expectations about a film and pre-sells it.
How did it come about? Started with the Greeks who felt that the type of person an author was would be directly responsible for the type of poetry they wrote. Certain metrical forms were only associated with certain genres. Genres are now mainly associated with cinema and started in early short films in the beginning of the 1900s.
What has happened over time? Hybrid genres have been created e.g. Rom-Com which are a mixture of romance and comedy; Definitely, Maybe (2008). And parodies such as Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead which mock other genres.
What are the components of genre? Story and a plotline, situations and locations, themes and values and characters.
What is the biggest factor which defines genre? Iconography - so you can easily relate a film to its genre e.g. Stetson hat and noose indicate the western genre.
What is parody and pastiche? Parody - is a film that mocks through comedy films of a particular genre e.g. disaster movie!
Pastiche - An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period e.g. Star Wars Series
How did it come about? Started with the Greeks who felt that the type of person an author was would be directly responsible for the type of poetry they wrote. Certain metrical forms were only associated with certain genres. Genres are now mainly associated with cinema and started in early short films in the beginning of the 1900s.
What has happened over time? Hybrid genres have been created e.g. Rom-Com which are a mixture of romance and comedy; Definitely, Maybe (2008). And parodies such as Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead which mock other genres.
What are the components of genre? Story and a plotline, situations and locations, themes and values and characters.
What is the biggest factor which defines genre? Iconography - so you can easily relate a film to its genre e.g. Stetson hat and noose indicate the western genre.
What is parody and pastiche? Parody - is a film that mocks through comedy films of a particular genre e.g. disaster movie!
Pastiche - An artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period e.g. Star Wars Series