The definition of film genre is a categorization of what the film has to offer or what films are constructed to be (example action - Killer Elite, comedy - Grown Ups ) If the film is action you would expect guns ,explosions and maybe blood.
-It offers comforting reassurance in an uncontrollable world
-Film genre can be sen as a way of working through importance myths and fears
-Film genre was seen as a strategy used by producers to ensure audience identification and reduce the risk of film failing
-Film genre is not static but is reconised between industry and audience
The Disadvantages Of Film Genre
-Acknowledge that a film genre features will depend on audiences understanding
-Understanding how a film text functions in relation to the film genre
Our Film Genre (Horror and action)
For our film our group has chosen the genre "horror". We think that this genre will be a challenging genre to create a film by but also have a lot of idea's of how we can make it achieve our goals and aims towards the genre and our film.The conventions of our genre is blood, tension and scary setting (woods)When watching a Horror and action film the audience ill expect to see fears of the audience and the film will also bring there reaction to a scary shot in the film.The audience will also expect to see blood,death and also weapons such as a knife.With these convention the film will be scary.With our film having action in it the convention would be weapons being fired,a hero and also fights (fist fights).Our film will mainly focusing on horror more than action but will have action conventions.
The origins and history of horror
Horror is a genre that brings fears and emotion to the audience and also their reaction.Films such as in the 1990's was not as graphic as what they are today, films today make the audience more scared than the films back in the 1990's as there is more gore and graphic involved horror films today because of technology that helps make it more graphic.More can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film
The film genre we have chosen for our film is horror.The origins and history of film genre - horror
The genre was first introduced in the late 1890s.The first film being seen as a horror genre was in 1896 , a film called Le Manoir du diable (aka "The House of the Devil")
Good examples of our genre such as Films, Directors and Producers
Films of our genre
- Zombieland - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZombielandZombieland is a 2009 American zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin as survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Together they take an extended road trip across Southwestern United States in an attempt to find a sanctuary free from zombies.
I chosen Zombieland as this film has action in it and also has a great theme for which it is zombies so this has a similarity to what we have in our film which is disfigured characters.Another reason why i chosen Zombieland as the opening is one of the flashiest openings in memory. There is no subtle build up which makes the viewers/audience right in to zombieland.
- Paranormal Activity - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal_Activity
Paranormal Activity is a 2007 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Oren Peli.The film centers on a young couple, Katie and Micah, who are haunted by a supernatural presence in their home. It is presented in the style of "found footage," from a camera set up by the couple in an attempt to photograph what is haunting them.
I had chosen Paranormal Activity as this genre is horror but is supernatural horror.I think that this genre in the terms of horror genre is good as it's "supernatural " as this has been a successful film because of the genre and it's conventions.Another reason why i chosen paranormal activity is the special effects because on a small budget, the film provides some very impacting scenery
- Sam Raimi - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Raimi
Samuel Marshall "Sam" Raimi (October 23, 1959) is an American film director, producer, actor and writer. He is best known for directing cult horror films like the Evil Dead series, Darkman and Drag Me to Hell, as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man films and the producer of the successful TV series
- Wes Craven - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Craven
Wesley Earl "Wes" Craven (born August 2, 1939) is an American actor, film director, writer, producer, perhaps best known as the director of many horror films.
- John Carpenter - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter
John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, composer, and occasional actor. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres in his four-decade career, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction
- George A Romero - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_a_romero
George Andrew Romero (born February 4, 1940) is an American film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse. He is nicknamed "Godfather of all Zombies."
Wrong Turn (Particular film that fits in well with our genre) I think this is good Film for our genre as the setting or environment in the film will have the same environment as what we are doing in our film. The environment we are filimg in is in woods and this film has that same factor for our group. The theme of the genre is good for our film as the genre we are doing for film is horror, the film has characters that are dis-figured as this shows scariness as our genre is horror so it fits in with our genre.I think the film is good for our genre as the setting and plot in the film shows a lot of action and horror which makes you horrified at what you see in the film and that is one of our aims to make the audience feel scared and horrified.I think that the film fits well with our genre as the film has a lot of goriness which is another one of our aims to put in our film so that the audience feels scared, another reason why i think this film fits in with our genre is that the plot which is two characters make a wrong turn and get lost, i think that this is a good plot as this creates questions and also make the audience think what will happen next ? what will happen to the two characters lost? I think that part of this plot in the film makes it good for horror and also action.
Filmography
Year... Film......... . Director
2009 - Zombieland (Ruben Fleischer)
2007 - Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli)
Websites
Films,directors and producers i have researched from Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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