8.3 A LECTURE/P- GENRES - Types of Movies

Types of Movies-GENRES

 

Genre:
Categorization of narrative films by the stories they tell (content) and ways they tell them (form)

 

Genre:
1)Allows us to predict what sort of movie to expect thus genre acts a marketing tool.
2)Helps audiences to select the movies they attend based on expectations.
3)Reviewers’ critiques compare one film to others in its genre.

 

Within the style of narrative filmmaking genre often dictates
Cinematic Conventions

 

Genre Conventions:
1)Story formulas
2)Themes
3)Character types
4) ----
5)Setting
6)Presentation (cinematography, mise-en-scene, sound design)
7)Stars

 

Genre Conventions:
Narrational strategies and dialogue are often determined by genre:
1)Film Noir
2)Romantic-Comedy

Prior knowledge of a film’s star also defines its narrative parameters and genre expectations
1)Clint Eastwood
2)Johnny Depp

Name American genres?

Major American Genres:
1)Gangster
2)Film Noir
3)Science Fiction
4)Horror
5)Western
6)Musical
7) ---
8)Coming of Age
9)Romance – Romantic/Comedy

Genre Characteristics
Genre films are typically aimed at specific audiences:
1)There are coming of age films for teenagers
2)Action adventure films are primarily aimed at men.
3)Romances or the women’s picture; often referred to derogatively as
    “chick flicks.”

 

Evolution & Transformation of Genre

1)The process by which a particular genre is adapted to meet the expectations of a changing society.
2)A hybrid may combine any combination of genres
3)Subgenres occur when areas of narrative or stylistic specialization arise within a single genre.

The Musical in the factory clip - Here

Major American Genres (?) – The Musical
*Dancer in the Dark – the musical transformed
Transcript of subtitles – I like it better when you dance. You should dance. I will dance when there is music. Machine sounds become musique concrète.
Song and dance begin.
Lyrics mimic machine noise

Notes:
Set in a factory, utilizes effects as music - musique concrète.

1. Defined as : music constructed by mixing recorded sounds, first developed by experimental composers in the 1940s.

wikipedia:
Musique concrète is a type of music composition that utilizes recorded sounds as raw material. Sounds are often modified through the application of audio effects and tape manipulation techniques, and may be assembled into a form of montage