Genre

Genre

1. Auteurism

   • Auteurism In English, Auteur means ‘Author’ which is why Auterism is the theory that a film has an author, whether that be the Director, writer, producer, actors or cinematographer. In order to qualify as an ‘Auteur’ the person must demonstrate a consistency of technical excellence, style and theme. (MediaBible.com)

2. Christian Metz

   • The reason why films are a popular is because it allows both an imperfect reflection of reality and a method to delve into an unconscious dream state. (http://www.amazon.com/Film-Language-A-Semiotics-Cinema/dp/0226521303)

3. Andre Basin

   • He believed that ‘true continuity’ could be mastered through the use of mise-en-scene and thought that a film should reflect the directors personal vision, this is called personalism.

4. The Repetoire of elements

   • A repertoire is a group of routines of things you can use, for example a performer has a list of acts they can perform however they only choose a couple from their repertoire. A film can on a repertoire of generic elements. Two film may have the use the same element from the same repertoire however they will be seen differently by audiences as no single film uses all elements. (Film Genres- an introduction- 2001, published by the BFI)

5. Genre Hybrids

   • This is when 2 genres are mixed, for example romantic films and comedy make rom-coms

6. The high concept films

   • 'In practise this means contemporary hollywood film making techniques emphasise style over content and seek to integrate effects of a film with the multiple marketing challenges' (Charles Fleming, 1998, High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess in Nick Lacey: Hollywood and the High Concept, ITP)

7. Intertextuality

   • This is when films blur boundaries and genres, for example the film 'Minority Report' has a futuristic setting, with 1950s costume and with a kinda film noir theme running throughout. (The Media Magazine, December 2002, Sarah Flanagan

8. Rick Altman

9. Genre and audience pleasures- Richard Dyer

   • The audience gets pleasure from watching films and see it as an escape from real life. (The Media Students Book Second Edition, Gill Branston and Rory Stafford, Published 1996)

10. Zeitgeist

    • Reflects the thought and feelings of whats happening at that time; for example in 1960s america people thought that america was crumbling and coming to the end so a lot of horror movies reflected these views, sometimes subconsciously (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5v03a_zCSM)

11. Codes and conventions

    • The convention of a film are the ingredients that are in it that make the film what it is, for example, the film 'Resovior Dogs' was praised for its difference and originality however the conventions were already there in every other film, just the way they we're used and put together made this film a masterpiece. (The Media Students Book Second Edition, Gill Branston and Rory Stafford, Published 1996)

12. Influences on genre from structuralism

    • There is a pattern across a range of texts rather then focusing on a range of texts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxnKUTAQ1zA)

13. Mark Reid

    • ilms in specific genres are all very similar, no matter whether or not they use the same conventions etc. Reid also states that something is categorized by determining who makes it, for whom, where and when.

14. Postmodernism and genre

    • A number of trends or movements in the arts and literature

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