Genre Research

 

                       What is Film Genre?

Film Genre is a visual element that involves the setting, costume, typography, and lighting. It's also a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. It shows what the film will most likely be about and how the story will play out with artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content.

                                                      The types of film genre

They are many types of are action, gangsta, horror, romantic comedy, sci-fi, and comedy. Action is a broad genre that shows a story through fights, vehicles, and weapons. Almost every action film will have special effects such as explosions, fire, and CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery). Gangsta is causing more harm than good, Gangsters, crime, and the nefarious deed of criminal or gangster, particularly bank robbers, underworld figures or robbing. Horror means suspenseful plot driven stories. The obvious suspenseful soundtrack will be played during those scene that keep us on the edge of our seats. Rom-Com then and now have drastically changed especially since Hollywood cut back. The production of Rom-Com in Hollywood drastically decreased because of the same repetitive and ridge format but the ones they still make are very different from the way Rom-Com were. Sci-Fi is to ring up technology and advancement in society and how they can be good or bad. Comedy is a genre of fiction that was created of works to be humorous and and give laughter comedy is a dramatic performance most of the tome usually influence by theater, movies, and show.

 

                                                                    Content Application 

 

What I did to learn about film genre is I did a PowerPoint about action film with three of my classmates. The first and second slide was about what is a genre and then defining what is a action genre. The three slide is showed how we analyzed the action film genre. The fourth slide was about the types of themes that an action film gives. The six slide was about the techniques that are used to create the action films in movies. The seventh and eight slide was about the history of  action film and how it started and how it is today. The ninth slide was about the social function of action genre which is basically how the action films make the audience feel and how does it do that. The tenth slide shows two trailer which is the Rambo trailer from 1982 and the Rambo trailer from 2019. And then the eleventh slide shows which film best represent action film.

       

                                   My reflection

What I learned from this is that they're many types of genres that a film can be. The type of film can have very different types of style to it that show the audience that it's that type of genre. The type of genre can also have a different affect on how the audience react to the film.

 

                                       My reference

Where I got my research is from a website called History of action genre.

              Basic Genre Convention of Mystery 

Mise en Scene

Lighting: The lighting for crime films is mostly naturalistic. Usually low key lighting.

Character: The hero is usually a super smart private detective or persistent policemen. There is normally

a very mysterious villain whose face is rarely seen and whose identity is only revealed at the end of the

film

Props: Murder outline; magnifying glass; police tape; police uniform; murder weapon; cars; torch;

glasses; guns;, blood; evidence.

Narrative Structure

Most Mystery films follow a common structure. The Hero is going about their day to day life. Then a

crime is committed or someone is found dead. The hero either hears about the crime or is approached

by a source and sets off to solve the mystery. The hero will then go out of his/her way to catch the

criminal. A few more people then die as the film progresses. The villain normally makes slight mistakes

that the Hero picks up on. The criminal is always caught.

Cinematography

Close up shots are used to show peoples fear when they discover a dead body or their anger when their

most prized possession has been stolen.

High and low angles to either show a potential murder victim as vulnerable and weak or to show the

killer as strong and in control.

Setting

They can be set in countryside towns with a low population and miles away from a city.

hospitals, docks, lakes, fields.

Good settings for mystery films can be: police stations, big cities forests, city streets, forensic labs,

Sound

Fast paced music is used when the Hero is chasing a suspect. This creates tension as the audience

doesn't know if he will get away or not.

Audience

Usually for people who loves a challenge; determine who is the murder in the film