The document discusses different film genres including sci-fi, action, romance, and comedy. It states that genres are identified by their conventions and paradigms, such as sci-fi exploring social and philosophical issues through futuristic technologies. Action films feature explosions, heroes, villains, fighting and car chases that create excitement. Romantic films typically involve a boy meets girl scenario, falling in and out of love, and have a happy ending with symbols of love like flowers and hearts to appeal to female audiences.
1. Sci-Fi
•The matrix
•Science-based themes into the plot
of the film, futuristic elements,
technologies to explore social,
political, and philosophical issues,
set in the future, either on earth or in
space.
Action
Adventure
•Speed
•Conventions –
Explosions,
Hero's, Villains,
Damsel in
distress, car
chases, fighting.
Romance
Comedy
•Note book
•Step brothers
•Conventions – Falling
•Laughter, slap
in and out of love, girl
stick, screw ball,
spoofs, parodies,
meets boy scenario,
romantic comedies,
break ups, happy
Horror black comedy,
ending, flowers, love • Creep satirical comedy.
hearts, hero, damsel •Grave yards, skeletons,
in
hero, damsel in distress,
distress.
victim,
2. As an audience we identify film genres by the paradigms. For example a
paradigm for an action adventure film would include a car chase, fighting,
big set piece and explosions ect.
Types of genre - The theme of the film is action adventure so therefore the
issues and ideas dealt with would be a hero fighting villains. As an audience
we can then identify this film’s genre from the conventions discussed.
An action adventure film will also give off excitement because of the tense the
fighting and car chasing.
3. The genre of
Romance
The note book is film with a romantic genre.
Romantic films are usually targeted to a female
audience because woman are more emotional in a
relationship compared to men. We identify the
romance from wedding bells, hearts and flowers
which symbolises love.
A romantic genre would include a sexuality, status,
gender and relationships. Emotions are also
included with a romantic genre for example
heroines, hero’s dad left or mum dies ect.
A typical romantic film would start by boy meets
girl scenario, they then fall in love then have
argument and split up then get back together, there
is always a happy ending.
