3. –Jacques Derrida
“A text cannot belong to no genre. It cannot be without a
genre. Every text participates in one or several genres. There
is no such thing as a Genreless text.”
4. • MY FILM FOLLOWS
• GENRE CONVENTIONS
• FILM OPENING CONVENTIONS
In both cases I have not subverted or challenged the
conventions I have been quite faithful to the genre as well
as the institutional practice of film openings
10. • Introducing character
• YOUNG
• GEEKISH
• SENSITIVE
• COLLEGE STUDENT
• MAIN CHARACTER
FILM OPENING
CONVENTIONS
Main character from the film
BRICK (2005 Dir. Rian Johnson)