Film genre

The short film Gasman, directed by Lynne Ramsay in the year of 1998, presents a tale of a father balancing a secret life between two families. The double family units have similar aged children, revealing to the viewer that the man started and continued the families simultaneously. Through the Christmas party preparations, the one family is revealed to be middle class or perhaps living in poverty as the mother helps the little eight girl Lynne dress up in new clothing as her brother, Steven,…

Hungry for Horror: Based on the Works of Stephen King What aspect of horror makes it such a popular genre of story and film? Are the large viewing crowds attracted to mysterious plots or maybe the bloody special effects? Or is there an ultimately deeper reason for the intrigue? In Stephen King’s article, “Why We Crave Horror Movies” he accurately asserts that it is the fear-facing elements, the establishment of normality or safety, and the peculiarly evil sense of satisfaction that is derived…

Analysis The experiment tests how different movie genres have a different affect on people’s heart rate. After watching the sing-along movie, High School Musical 2, most of the people’s heart rate decreased. The movie caused 11 out of the 17 people tested to decrease. It had an average and mean of 70.4 bpm before and 67.6 bpm after. The sing-along movie had the smallest standard deviation. There was a standard deviation of 7.98 before and 9.44 after. Most of the people being tested had a…

The “Divergent” trilogy is a series of movies that display classic components of cultural Marxism. There are many aspects of “Divergent” that have comparisons to Western Civilization, and just as many instances of Cultural Marxism at play. On the surface, “Divergent” presents itself as a series in which its heroes defy expectation and go against the “norms” by breaking tradition, but underneath therein lie the seeds of Cultural Marxism, planted by the creators of the series. However, in order…

Mockumentaries ultimately exist to parody serious subject matters that are addressed in documentaries. Conventions and techniques are utilised by the composers and directors of mockumentaries in order to do this. In particular, the mockumentaries 'Babakuieria' (1986) directed by Don Featherstone and 'The Majestic Plastic Bag' (2010) directed by Jeremy Konner both attempt to mock prominent issues that exist in society. Despite the different purpose of both mockumentaries, many similarities also…

Genres are a way to accomplish a specific goal. James Paul Gee’s work describes how genres produce certain social norms and reflect dominant discourses. Genres have different effects for discourse communities depending on the people. In this essay, we will hypothesize how dominant discourses from genres are defined by rhetorical situations. Background Genres are a tool for studying academic, workplace and public environments. In the Rhetorical Genre Studies approach to teaching genre analysis,…

Within our English course, genre is defined as a category of writing. Outside of this class, a genre can be any kind of category including but not limited to, music, food, plants, and animals. Some categories in writing are text messages, biographies, and journal entries. Outside of writing, a few categories would be fruit, vegetables, and junk food. Genre usually serves a purpose, and that purpose is to convey a certain message to a certain audience. For example, a literary narrative conveys a…

The concept of myth influences many cowboy narratives. Especially Hollywood movies are full of mythical elements of the American West. Although myths will play a minor role in the analysis of the cowboy biographies, it is necessary to mention some theories of myth and to elaborate on its definition. Historian Richard Slotkin gives an excellent characterization of myth in his book Gunfighter Nation, which will be used for further elaboration. Myths are stories drawn from a society’s history that…

The film The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is an outstanding film that depicts many characteristics of a classic western. Everything from the horses, bounties, and violence point to this movie being a typical western film. However, because of the abundance of twists and turns it would be considered a revisionist western movie. Despite its few traits of a classic western, everything ranging from the unclear heroes to the absence of typical female roles lead to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…

Everybody has their favorite type of genre; whether it be science fiction, action, comedy, or horror. What all these have in common are how they are set up. Every genre follows a certain “formula.” So much so, that it can become repetitive, so people can become accustomed. Thomas Schatz found genre to be restrictive. However, they can change with what the people and industry want. It is a combination of narrative and cinematic elements that surround different conflicts. Genre is well-known…