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Genre

 Introduction

In class we learned about genre. Genre is just a category of a film. Examples can be horror, comedy, action, romance, etc. Genre was probably the most easiest to learn because people talk about different genres everyday not only in film but also in books and other things. My personal favorite is horror comedy because while I am get scared and throwing things I also get some laughter out of it. Some types of genres can be mixed together and balanced out. 

Examples

Horror comedy- Literary, television, and film genre that combines comedy and horror to form horror comedy

Horror comedy mixes horror with comedy to balance out the amount of laughter and the amount of thriller. Horror comedy has been around since 1920s. The first horror comedy was "One exiting night". it was directed by D. W. Griffith. Stereotypes in this genre is in the horror genre but put into a comedic way. 

Sci-fi- a form of fiction that deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals

Sci-fi purpose is to bring up technology advancement in society. Sci-fi also are usually pure predictions for the future. They were used to speak about political issues. Sci- fi has been around since 1900. the earliest Sci-fi movie was A Trip to the Moon which is George Méliès. 

Crime- investigation of a crime murder 

Crime is people following clues or red herrings to lead to the villain. The hero must face some type of danger or conflict to get justice. Crime has been around since 1900. The earliest one is Sherlock Holmes Baffled. crime is supposed to be kind of mysterious and leave audience intrigued in what's happening. 

Comedy- Created to be humorous and to give laughter

Comedy is meant to influence audience to laugh/ have a good time and meant to be humorous. Comedy has been around since 1895. The first comedy film is L'Arroseur Arrosé which is directed by Louis Lumière. It was less than 60 seconds and it started the genre of comedy. 

Horror- suspenseful plot driven stories 

Horror purpose is to give thriller and has things like a suspenseful soundtrack, clues left by villain, main character has to face to death. Horror can also be in black and white which creates a suspenseful mood for the audience. Horror should not consist of things that are comedic because it'll then be considered a horror comedy film. Usual stereotypes in this genre is either mad scientist, the cop, the killer, etc. These are important conventions because in every horror movie these characters are most important part of the story. For example, when the cops come to help they often die or are put into the trouble.  


What we did using this information

Using all the information we learned about genre, Our class created a Film Genre Project. My group and I did the genre Horror Comedy. We all research different parts of the project. I researched the analysis of Horror Comedy. I found out that the film Scream started the trend of adding humor and horror together. Another film which was released 1998 that can represent horror comedy is The Bride Of Chucky. These movies are good representations because these movies give the whole meaning of what horror comedy should look like scary and funny. 







KWL

Before we learned all of this, I already knew that genre was a category of film and that there were many of them. For example romantic comedy and Sci-Fi. Some things I learned was the meaning of genres and codes behind the many genres. These codes make the genre the way it is. Like in horror comedy a type of code is the unexpected situation. An unexpected situation is the where something you didn't expect to happen just happens out of no where which brings the source of the fear. The source of fear can be a modern villain or some type of mutation that attacks the main character(s). Things I would want to know is how many types of genres are there in film? 


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