Genre

“Turn on the patio lights,” (Adam, Scream). It is also quick to play fun to itself and the genre. The mask is an example of this. Ghostface (fig 5) is both comedic and scary. It’s face expresses comedy with its drooping, (Adam, Scream). The character “appears anywhere and everywhere” (Adam, Scream). Craven uses a simple approach to this character…

connected o Locations in the film that allude to the night, to alleyways, and “taxi drivers and bartenders who have seen it all” This source is valuable because it provides insight into the viewpoints of an influential film reviewer about this genre of films. It also has limitations due to the fact that it only presents one opinion on the topic.…

My GSW 1110 instructor is Mr. Klever. He was my Advanced English 11 teacher as well. Therefore, having him for the second year in a row, it made coming into this course much easier. I knew how his teaching style was and I was already use to it, rather than coming into a brand new class with an instructor I knew nothing about or how their teaching style was. Being in GSW 1110 my senior year of high school has taught me so many things and made me become a better writer as well as getting me…

mix of genres and sub-genres. As anyone could make an argument for which genre they think is dominant in, “The Wild Bunch” (e.g. crime drama, romance, thriller, drug movie, dark comedy, etc.). The cinematic clues I’ve based my decision on is a subgenre of film known as the "Revisionist Western”. I’m sure you are asking yourself; how does this film that I chose enact the genre it is supposed to represent and how does it subvert it? Well, according to thescriptlab.com, “Western Film is a genre…

These genres apply the same elements but are used differently. For example, a horror film and an action film storyboard use all the same elements, but how they are used in the storyboard itself differs distinctly. In a horror film storyboard, the element of story…

The Genre As a Whole I will be researching how old style westerns have influenced modern day superhero movies from their editing, writing, and their aesthetic appeal. I will be going through the history of westerns as well as discussing what makes a western a western, how they’ve changed through the years, and why they’re still relevant. I will then talk about superhero films and how they have started, their brief history, how they’ve changed, and how westerns have influenced them as a genre. …

social injustice and her thought on humanity of the time. I noticed that many definitions of science fiction mentioned that science fiction should show the influence the advanced of science has on human. When Shelley had the story of Frankenstein, the genre science fiction has not officially “born” yet, science is merely the superficial elements used by Shelley to express her opinions. I think the book is still science fiction because the humanity problems discussed in the novel can only come…

Academic discourse differs from popular discourse in terms of having separate vast discourse communities. A discourse community is a group of people who share a set of discourses, understood as basic values and assumptions, and ways of communicating about those goals. John Swales defined discourse communities as "groups that have goals or purposes, and use communication to achieve these goals." Academic discourse refers to the ways of thinking and using language which exist Popular discourse…

where students get their ideas. Majority of the students said from books. This shows just how influential literature can be, especially when directed towards youth. In summation, there can be an array of positive effects related to reading certain genres of literature, especially when it comes to youth. In addition, literary fiction and popular fiction have major differences when it comes to their effects on people, with literary fiction…

On Wednesday, November 9th, I interviewed Dr. Kenneth Jurkiewicz and we discussed what he is currently studying and my topic for my plan b essay. Dr. Jurkiewicz, better known as Dr. J, studies various genre theories that over time have either reflected or reinforced a change in cultural attitudes and values. He was interested in this subject of study because since he was a little kid he was curious on how something would become popular over another. He began film studies his Senior year at…