Genre: blog tasks

1) What example is provided of why visual iconography are so important?

A visual iconography is a specific visual or aural media text.
Sometimes these iconography are enough to act alone, but sometimes they work together to indicate the genre.

2) What examples are provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre?

The examples given to show the importance of narrative would be the comparison of a soap opera to a sit-com, as it explains how although they might have similar story lines, they are structured differently and the way situations and characters are portrayed comes from a different point of view.

3) What is the difference between character representation in action movies and disaster movies?

In action movies the character/hero is portrayed as more isolated;a 'lone wolf', who may be considered as immoral and unconventional at times. This is different to how the hero is typically represented in disaster movies, as instead of placing the heroic role within one single character, it is often given to a group of people, who each have their own particular strengths, who collaborate together to overcome the situation.

4) What are the different ways films can be categorized according to Bordwell? 

According to Bordwel films can be categorized via period or country, Director or star , technical process, style , series and audience which all contribute to the codes and conventions within the film.

5) List three ways genre is used by audiences.

(1.) selecting what is best for them and this enables them to choose and whilst comparing different TV shows people normally describe the genre.

(2.) own knowledge because they will know what genre they like or dislike

(3.) The fact that the genre of the film prepares its audience as they will know what to expect from the film.

6) List three ways genre is used by institutions or producers.
The three ways genre is used by institutions and producers is through production which means to look at successful examples of genre and replicate them within their film or TV series Attracting an audience which means making audiences try new sit-coms and help the media become more successful.Marketing text through trailers and posters which helps the film become more successful

7) What film genre is used as an example of how genres evolve? What films and conventions are mentioned?

The genre of gangster movies was given as an example to show how genres evolve. The conventional and modern equivalents of gangster movies have similar codes and conventions such as violence and romanticizing the gangster lifestyle and focusing on conflict between the police and criminals.