FILM 1502 1nd Edition Lecture 17Outline of Last Lecture I. What is the primary purpose of genre and how does it relate to film marketing and financing?II. How does genre tie into audience expectations?III. Does genre change over time?Outline of Current Lecture IV. Brief history of the contemporary Horror filmV. How does this play into Altman’s concept of generic progression?VI. How does the slasher sub-genre break with the horror genre structurally?Current LectureGenre Case Study: The Horror Film 10/30Q1: When the conventions of genre have been pushed beyond their limits, past the point of breaking, we generally consider these films to constitute a subgenre. FALSEHorror genre- Conventions and genre- Social, cultural and industrial impacts- Hybridity: complexity changedo Flexible through subgenre- Genre progression- Reasons for change—cultural, environmental shifts - Dynamic development: develops in different ways Early horror- Reliance on gothic architecture, old world tropes, monsters o Nosferatu o The Golem Universal Horror (Golden Age)- Frankensteino Monster became misunderstoodo Humanity and affectThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Universal monsters-cannot understand, traces of humanity, built by someone else-sense of innocence- Wolfman: resistance to being monstero Moral ambiguity - Universal horror till 1956o Creature from the Black Lagoon- Late 1970s horroro Shift to blood and goreo The Exorcist-imply different ideaso Inventive horror films-slasherHalloween (John Carpenter, 1978)- Market impact- Birth of the slasher- Slasher characteristicso Teenage sexuality, stalking, increasingly brutal death, the “final girl” - Syntax—real human being, end shot-he is everywhere - The “boogeyman” - The “final girl”: Laurie, self defense, doesn’t try to kill, broken downo Does not fit classic descriptionThe Rules of Genre- Production code 1930-1968- Slasher rules: “final girl”, monster gets away, encapsulates evilScream- Genre adapting-rules of horror implicitly stated- Over self-reflexivity-awareness that watching horror film, characters aware they are in
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