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Genre |
Originally French, Kind or Type. another word for genus. A category best used to describe and analyze film, not to evaluate them. Hiematfilm- small-town life devotionals - centered around lives of saints and religious figures mytholigicals - derived from legend and literary classics caberetera - a type of melodrama centering on prostitutes |
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subgenere |
refer to distinct and fairly long-lasting types within a genre. Interplanetary travel = Space Opera = Star Wars |
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Conventions |
are summoned again and again.centered on plot patterns, also thematic, involving broad meanings that are summoned again and again = motif |
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iconography |
consist of recurring symbolic images that carry meaning from film to film. Monsters = Horror film |
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Genre Mixing |
mixing of conventions with another genre. Alien = Sci-fi + Horror, Spaceball = Comedy + Sci fi, |
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Rituals and Ambivalence |
ritualized dramas resembling holiday celebrations- ceremonies that are satisfying because they reaffirm cultural values in a predictable way. Saving Private Ryan = a surge of reassuring satisfaction that cherished values - self-sacrificing heroism |
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social reflection |
the stories, themes, values, or imagery of the genre harmonize with public attitudes in a more involuntary fashion. Ripley in Aliens, the attitudes in the films could be seen as harmonizing with new conceptions of gender roles |
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The western |
Hero, the west, lawless frontier |
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Horror |
what can scare? emotional effect |
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Musical |
inspire happiness and made as a revolution. Stage set in show business Everyday Life |
