Genre: Type or category of a specific film/book/music etc. e.g. Horror, Thriller, Comedy etc.
Sub-Genre: Genre within a genre e.g Action & Adventure
Hybrid Genre: Two or more genres combined in one e.g RomCom
Codes & Conventions: Types of features used and expected for a specific category/genre e.g c&c's for horror would consist of; jumpscares, screams, blood etc.
Genre Tropes: Signifiers about the genre, more to do with the mise-en-scene e.g tropes for an action film would consist of fast cars, mid-air flyers
Class discussion:
As a class we looked analysed the types of genres and the genre tropes. We also looked at the codes and conventions of a specific genre and how it would look. For example an action movies codes and conventions would be dispute and combat. The genre tropes would be stuff life fast cars, mid air flyers and so on.
My very own preferred genres:
- Genre: Action
- Codes and Conventions of genre: High speed cars, drugs, guns, combat (binary opposition theory; good vs evil)
- Films of this genre: The Avengers; Age of Ultron, The Dark Knight Rises
- Genre: Horror
- Codes and Conventions of genre: Scary figures, shadows, darkness, blood, intimidating angle shots i,e high angle and low angle shots, fire, blood, screaming
- Films of this genre: A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Cabin In The Woods
- Genre: Adventure
- Codes and Conventions of genre: Dramatic non-diagetic sound, quest, protagonists and antagonists,
- Films of this genre: Lord Of The Rings trilogy, Harry Potter series
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