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This document analyzes the genre elements of a film using Nick Lacey's framework, which includes setting, characters, narrative, iconography, and style. The analysis finds the setting is a black and white New York bar where a shooting occurs. The main character, played by Liam Nelson, is a private detective and former police officer. The narrative starts with a flashback storytelling structure. Iconography like Liam Nelson's previous detective roles and images of a little girl signal the kidnapping plot. The film uses techniques like black and white, close-ups, and wide shots to portray the action and build suspense. All of these genre elements indicate the film is an action or action thriller genre targeted at audiences aged
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The document discusses Nick Lacey's framework for analyzing genre elements in narratives. It identifies five key genre elements: setting, characters, narrative, iconography, and style. An excerpt from the movie A Walk Among the Tombstones is then analyzed based on these elements. The summary identifies the main character as an ex-cop in a New York City bar where a shooting occurs. Iconography includes guns, dark shots, and a woman in a red coat. The trailer uses slow editing initially that becomes faster with more aggressive footage to draw in the target crime thriller audience.
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The document analyzes the trailer for the film "Walk Amongst Tomb Stones" using Nick Lacey's framework of 5 key genre elements: setting, characters, narrative, iconography, and style. For each element, conventions from the trailer are described, such as the main setting being New York City, the main character being Liam Neeson who is known for action thrillers, narrative events leaving mysteries to intrigue viewers, iconic images of New York, and a dark visual style with dim lighting and filters. The analysis concludes the trailer effectively presents conventions of the action thriller genre to promote interest in the film.
Laceys repertoire of elements new
This document discusses Nick Lacey's framework for analyzing genre using five key elements: setting, character, narrative, iconography, and style. It then applies this framework to analyze the genre conventions used in the trailer for the film "Walk Amongst the Tombstones" using examples for each of the five elements. Overall, the document finds that conventions like the setting in New York City, the character of Liam Neeson as the protagonist, the nonlinear narrative, symbolic iconography, and fast-paced editing and sound design define the genre as an action thriller.
Lacey's repertoire of elements
This document analyzes the genre elements that define the action thriller genre according to Nick Lacey's framework. It then applies these elements to summarize a trailer for the film "Walk Among the Tombstones." The key genre elements of setting, characters, narrative, iconography, and style are all discussed as seen in the trailer. Examples are provided for each element that follow typical conventions of the action thriller genre.
Laceys repertoire of elements new
The document analyzes the trailer for an upcoming Liam Neeson action thriller film using Nick Lacey's five elements of genre analysis: setting, characters, narrative, iconography, and style. The trailer is set in New York City and involves Neeson's character, a former cop, getting pulled into a sticky situation involving a bar robbery. It establishes Neeson as the protagonist who must save victims from the villain. The trailer uses familiar icons of New York, fast-paced editing and intense music to generate suspense and intrigue around the story. Overall the analysis suggests the trailer effectively employs genre conventions to promote the film as similar to Neeson's previous "Taken" films and attract fans of
A Walk Among Tombstone - Trail Analysis.
This document analyzes the genre elements of the movie "A Walk Among the Tombstones" based on its trailer. It identifies the key elements of setting, characters, narrative, iconography, and style based on Lacey's framework. For setting, it notes the movie takes place in New York City. The main character is Liam Neeson playing a detective. Key details about other characters are intentionally left vague to create mystery. The trailer uses elliptical storytelling to intrigue audiences without providing full context. Iconic New York locations and colors are used. The style employs techniques like tracking shots, fades, and music to build suspense. In conclusion, the genre is identified as an action/thriller
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This document discusses the key elements and conventions of the crime and mystery genre in film. It notes that crime fiction typically involves murders, detectives investigating crimes, and criminals being arrested or punished. Common characteristics of the genre include urban settings where crimes can be easily committed and covered up, titles that reference detectives or crimes, characters like criminals, victims, police, and families, mysteries for audiences to try and solve, the use of lighting, music, and props like weapons. The narrative typically follows a crime disruption, recognition, attempted repair, and new equilibrium.
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Laceys repertoire of elements new
The document analyzes the genre conventions used in the trailer for the film "Taken" using Nick Lacey's framework of 5 key genre elements: setting, characters, narrative, iconography, and style. The summary identifies the film's setting as Washington Heights, New York, known for crime. The main character is an ex-cop portrayed by Liam Neeson, playing to stereotypes. Scenes are elliptical to intrigue viewers about the kidnapped woman and a man throwing himself from a building. Iconic elements include the ex-cop shooting an innocent person and wearing a long black coat. The trailer uses suspenseful music and scenes to define the film as an action thriller.
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- 1. Analysis of Genre: Lacey’s Repertoire of Elements O.S In his book Narrative and Genre: Key Concepts in Media Studies, (Palgrave, Macmillan), Nick Lacey defines genre elements as constituting the 5 key areas below: setting character narrative iconography style When analysing texts, use Lacey’s repertoire of genre elements as a guide. Fill in the boxes below, making notes on the genre conventions that you see Genre elements Conventions Setting- mise en scene/ location New York, looks like a saloon bar and it is black and white, an action setting is immediately created when three men come in and start shooting the bar staff Characters – representations, stereotypes, behaviour, body language, specific actors/stars Liam Nelson plays a private detective (obviously) but previously was an ex-police officer (stereotype) also bad guys which are always in action movies. Body language is quick and fast movements. Narrative events –how is the narrative ordered and structured? Is it elliptical/enigmatic (elements left out to intrigue/entice the audience) It starts off with “I was off duty one day in this bar in Washington heights” and he carries on talking slow then ends with “a couple of guys came in to rob the place” so at the beginning it pulls you in because he’s building suspension and then it surprises you like you expected when it finished with the introduction of the bad guys and then added shooting effects in to entice you. The narrative is built like a story, he’s slowly telling a story and you find out that he is saying it to a little boy who later says “why aren’t you a cop anymore” and that was him telling his past tense story. Then you see him meeting with a man who says “so you’re a private detective” and it brings things into focus for you. Iconography –Well known or recognisable people/objects/buildings mise en scene/ props, costume, setting, symbolic codes Liam Nelson is a well known and recognisable person especially in this movie genre because he has played detectives before and has mostly been involved in kidnapping of people, mainly girls, so when the trailer was first shown to me and I seen Liam nelson I was thinking ‘this is definitely going to be related to a kidnapping’. Also you see a little girl with dark hair in a red duffle coat, and a dog lead in her hand maybe with a dog at the other end of it and then a man in a dark coat behind her, this looks to me like it is pastiche because that symbolises little red riding hood and little red riding hood is remotely about child abduction, and to add that in isn’t a coincidence it must be a subliminal message.
- 2. Analysis of Genre: Lacey’s Repertoire of Elements STYLE: Technical and audio codes – camera use, editing, diegetic/non diegetic sound, sfx. Mise en scene/lighting, colour The colour of the setting at the start is black and white because it’s a flashback of his past, then it changes to colour and then there is a lot of close up camera footage when it is focusing on someone’s face or what they’re doing with their hands. There is a lot of fast movement with the camera used when there’s shooting or action going on, they also use really wide shots and long shots from far away positions to show what’s going on from above so you can see birds eye view. Summarise how the above helps to define genre in the text All of the above puts a lot into perspective for me because it all seems very criminal and dangerous and that can only mean that it’s an action or an action thriller which I can’t decide between because it is quiet scary with the man jumping off the building so suddenly and the woman screaming, but mostly the iconography and the narrative helped me define what genre this movie is and it’s not as if Liam Nelson has ever been placed in another genre that’s not to do with crime. Name of text: Genre: Action Horror Target audience for walk amongst tomb stones I think the target audience for this movie is probably teenagers to the elderly because my nana loves Liam Nelson films and so do I, so probably age 16-60, even though it’s certificate is 15 I don’t think many 15 year olds will be interested in this or understand it very much, not that they’re too immature but they haven’t matured enough to understand the general message.