Wednesday 4 November 2009

Y12 - ALL GROUPS - GENRE RESEARCH

WATCH BOTH PARTS OF THE DOCUMENTARY AND THEN COMPLETE THE TASKS BELOW.


TASK 1 -
Conduct some research on your chosen genre:


  1. Target audience
  2. Codes and conventions - narrative, characters, settings, opening sequences, cinematography, technical aspects
  3. Key directors and actors

TASK 2

Analysis of opening sequences of 3-4 films in this genre. Use these questions to help you:

  • How does this opening sequence establish the key generic codes and conventions?
  • Does this sequence meet your expectations of a typical opening sequence from this genre? Explain why or why not?
  • What clues are given about the narrative?
  • If there are characters at this point, do they follow the typical features of characters from this genre or not?
  • Write about how people and places are represented in this sequence? Do they follow or subvert genre conventions? Explain.
  • How is music used? How does this reflect the genre?
  • How are titles used? How does this reflect the genre?


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