Film Practicing

GENRE PRACTICE:
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What is it? A type of category of...

D DESCRIBE
I IN DETAIL
S SETTING - LOCATION, HISTORICAL TIME PERIOD
T THEMES- LOVE, GUILT, REVENGE, GOOD VS EVIL
I ICONS - SIGNIFICANT PROPS SUCH AS WEAPON OR A WALLET
N NARRATIVE - HOW A STORY IS TOLD, PLOT
C CHARACTERS - BOYS/GIRLS, BACKGROUND
T TEXTUAL ANALYSIS - STYLE OF CAMERA, EDITING, MISE EN SCENE AND SOUND

Types of genres:

• drama
• romcom
• comedies
• horror
• scify 
• action
• adventure
• thriller
• western
• musical
• crime mystery

Genre Theory: Steve Neale  

• He started that genres may be dominated by repetition, but are also marked by difference, variation and change.
• The idea that these genres change, develop and vary as the borrow from and overlap with one another. 

Action and Adventure:

For our first task we captivated a picture representing the genre of adventure and action.  To accomplish this, we aimed to embody the stereotype of these genres but mixing them together. For example, in both, characters could be running away from someone or something, escaping or climbing to explore. Therefore, we chose a wired fence for a prop to achieve this. In addition the fence looks similar to those in a prison; this also highlights the genre of adventure and action. 

  

Musical:

For our second task we designed a picture for a music genre. By doing this we included key props such as a piano and a drum, and characterised our facial expressions to be happy; due to musicians loving what they do and create. To possibly improve this image i would change the backdrop to a musical theme such as adding stage lights, more instruments or artistic posters etc.