Cause for Genre in filmFinancialProvided selling pointsMeans to advetiseInsurance for producer/director/audienceEstablishes formula which makes it cheaper because you can reuseAestheticDon’t have to explain things; they can get on with things because the genre sets up a premiseWe want clarity, conclusion, repeition, and simplicity because we live in a closed societyGenre gives us comfort, confirmation, hope, and optimismSugarcoat the pill=put film in genre audience likes to get them to the movie and then bring up social issuesEx: Victor/Victoria with homosexualityRitualsGives you vertical integreation of the human race; connects you to the past and to a communityFemale MelodramaFemales occupy most of the time/spaceTakes place in society/culture that doesn’t tend to the needs of femaleGenreAble to lump movies together because of common contentsetting, characters, mood, atmosphere, subject, themes, world view, type of actors, type of musicAND form of a movie=how the content is presentedvisual design, temporal design, sound design, acting syles, literary design1. ConventionsEvery genre has a conventionEx: MusicalUses songs and dancesGangster filmsUse gaslight lingoWays of doing thing specific to the genre2. Myth or story3. IconographyStrong images and sounds that keep cropping up in a series of films by which we can relate themAudio/visual that relates to genreThree basic genresTragedy doesn’t exist todayMan breaking boundsMan true to himselfFear and pityBoth intellectual and emotional; makes you think and feelDoesn’t exist todayComedyDeals with fragmentationMost intellectual of all categories; almost always makes a point about lifeMan being bound or contingentAppreciate point being made and laugh at itFast paceSubformsFarce, parody, satire, romantic comedy, dark comedyMelodramaTypical lives, actionConflict in romancePurely emotional; makes you feel, draws you into the storyAlways has contrasting moral valuesDeals with themes of coincidences, sudden misfortune,2 Subforms1. Family, romance, male/femaleex: Brokeback mountain2. Dealing with space of actions; war filmshistory of Genre1895-1928: codification1929-1945: classical period1946-1962: post classical1963-1976: modernist1977-presemt: post-modernistconditions for Genre in filmfinancialuse stuff thats already been used in previous movies with common genresfamiliarity to audience makes it easier to marketlower cost by using standardized formulasinsurance for what consumer is going to getaesthetichelps audience make assumption of what film is; so you don’t have to lay down EVERYTHING for the audience, they can make leaps in their mindImplications of Genresworks to confirm cultures believes and expectationssugarcoats the pillhomosexuality in Victor/victoraweave message into an interesting storyhelps director/actors have a starting point; take from the pastritualscultural mythdifferent people from different times/eras with commonality; gives a sense of permanenceWeek 10 Female melodrama Classical 27/10/2010 21:00:00← Cause for Genre in film- FinancialoProvided selling pointsoMeans to advetiseoInsurance for producer/director/audienceoEstablishes formula which makes it cheaper because you can reuse- AestheticoDon’t have to explain things; they can get on with things because the genre sets up a premiseoWe want clarity, conclusion, repeition, and simplicity because we live in a closed societyoGenre gives us comfort, confirmation, hope, and optimismoSugarcoat the pill=put film in genre audience likes to get them to the movie and then bring up social issuesEx: Victor/Victoria with homosexuality- RitualsoGives you vertical integreation of the human race; connects you to the past and to a community← Female Melodrama- Females occupy most of the time/space- Takes place in society/culture that doesn’t tend to the needs of female← Genre- Able to lump movies together because of common contentosetting, characters, mood, atmosphere, subject, themes, world view, type of actors, type of music- AND form of a movie=how the content is presentedovisual design, temporal design, sound design, acting syles, literary design← 1. Conventions- Every genre has a convention- Ex: MusicaloUses songs and dancesGangster filmsoUse gaslight lingo- Ways of doing thing specific to the genre← 2. Myth or story← 3. Iconography - Strong images and sounds that keep cropping up in a series of films by which we can relate them- Audio/visual that relates to genre← Three basic genres- Tragedy doesn’t exist todayoMan breaking boundsMan true to himselfFear and pityoBoth intellectual and emotional; makes you think and feeloDoesn’t exist today- ComedyoDeals with fragmentationoMost intellectual of all categories; almost always makes a point about lifeoMan being bound or contingentoAppreciate point being made and laugh at itoFast paceoSubformsFarce, parody, satire, romantic comedy, dark comedy- MelodramaoTypical lives, actionoConflict in romanceoPurely emotional; makes you feel, draws you into the storyoAlways has contrasting moral valuesoDeals with themes of coincidences, sudden misfortune, o2 Subforms1. Family, romance, male/femaleex: Brokeback mountain2. Dealing with space of actions; war filmshistory of Genre- 1895-1928: codification - 1929-1945: classical period- 1946-1962: post classical- 1963-1976: modernist- 1977-presemt: post-modernist← conditions for Genre in film- financialouse stuff thats already been used in previous movies with common genresofamiliarity to audience makes it easier to marketolower cost by using standardized formulasoinsurance for what consumer is going to get- aestheticohelps audience make assumption of what film is; so you don’t have to lay down EVERYTHING for the audience, they can make leaps in their mind-Implications of Genres - works to confirm cultures believes and expectations- sugarcoats the pillohomosexuality in Victor/victoraoweave message into an interesting story- helps director/actors have a starting point; take from the past- rituals- cultural mythodifferent people from different times/eras with commonality; gives a sense of permanence ←27/10/2010 21:00:00←27/10/2010