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There  are  many  different  types  of  genres  ranging  from  sub  genres  and  

main  genres.  Ac8on,  adventure  comedy  Crime  and  gangster,  dramas  

Epics,  horror,  musicals,  science  fic8on,  war,  westerns,  biopics,  chick  

flics,  detec8ve  and  mystery        

What  genre  is    

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hCp://www.abouFilmschools.com/industry/genre/  

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How  genre  is  used  by  audience  and  producers  

•  Genre  used  in  two  different  ways.    

•  Audiences  to  find  a  film  they  like    

•  Producers  use  genres  to  maximise  audiences  thus  maximising  profits.    

•  Genres  also  help  producers  limit  risks  

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How  genre  is  iden8fied  e.g  conven8ons  (your  genre)  

•  Genres  are  iden8fied  by  genre  conven8ons  like;    •  Loca8ons,  •  Props,    •  Characters,    •  Costume,  •  Sound,    •  Cinematography,    •  Narra8ve    •  Themes.    

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Loca8on  

•  Vast  expensive  back  drops  with  on  loca8on  shoo8ng    

•  Can  be  historical  or  imagined,  dependant  on  the  sub  genre  of  the  epic  is  it,  e.g.  war  epics,  mythical  epic,  science  ficton  epics,  historical  epic,  and  animated  epic.    

•  In  like  the  1900  a  lot  of  the  loca8ons  were  set  based  like  the  300  spartans  but  now  most  of  it  is  cgi  based  like  king  arthur.  

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Props  use  in  the  8me  period  that  the  film  was  set  in  e.g.  there  might  be  props  like  weapons,  bowls,  chairs,  a  broom,  cutlery  and  a  bucket.    Props  haven’t  really  changed  over  8me  e.g.  in  a  medieval  epic  say  made  in  the  1950’s  compared  to  one  made  in  the  21st  century    

PROPS  

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characters  

•  Characters  haven’t  changed  much  over  8me.    •  Hunky  hero,  with  his  friendly  companions  by  his  side  to  help  him  through  the  tough  situa8on  and  some  evil  villain  with  lots  of  evil  minions.  

•   Even  epics  that  arent  biopics  they  s8ll  have  a  good  character  with  there  companions  that  is  portrayed  in  a  good  light,    

•  Characters  in  epic  are  s8ll  based  around  some  sort  of  historic  figure.      

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Costume    

•  Changed  slightly  over  8me  but  not  a  big  deal.    •  Earlier  epics  weren’t  as  expensive  and  as  lavish  as  the  costumes  used  today.  

•  Great  deal  of  thought  and  8me  is  spent  on  in  todays  epics  

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sound  

•  Great  deal  of  change  in  the  use  of  sound  in  epic  films.  

•   Started  as  silent  films.    •  Sound  has  evolved  in  epics  from  star8ng  with  the  first  epic  film  with  sound  in  1934  to  sound  becoming  more  widely  used.    

•  Quality  of  sound  gradually  improving  over  the  years.  Now  we  have  massive  cinema  surround  sound.  

SOUND  

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cinematography  

•  Cinematography  hasn’t  changed  much  e.g.  in  films  they  s8ll  used  s8ll  shots,  mid  shots,  long  shots,  over  the  shoulder  shots  and  panes  like  they  did  in  the  1900’s.    

•  Variety  of  shots  they  use  have  increased  e.g.  now  a  days  they  use  birds  eye  views  to  show  baCle  scenes  as  well  as  s8lls,  they  also  use  low  angle  shots,  high  angle  shots  and  extreme  close  ups  as  well  as  conven8onal  shots  like  mid  shots,  long  shot  and  over  the  shoulder  shots.    

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narra8ve  

•  The  narra8ve  in  epics  hasn’t  really  changed  over  8me.    

•  Narra8ve  would  change  is  if  it’s  a  different  type  of  epic  e.g.  the  narra8ve  of  a  war  epic  would  be  different  to  one  of  a  religious  epic.  

•  Mainly  sub  genre  of  epics  biopics  the  narra8ve  is  the  same  a  hunky  hero  saves  the  world/  defeats  the  bad  guy  and  gets  the  girl  or  they  will  die  trying.    

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themes  

•  Themes  in  epics  haven't  really  changed  but  they  have  become  more  complicated  e.g.  there  are  2  or  3  themes  going  on  at  the  same  8me.    

•  Themes  of  epics  only  really  vary  in  the  sub  genre  is  different  e.g.  a  western  epic  will  have  a  different  theme  to  a  war  epic.    

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Audience  changes  in  response/  recep8on  

•  Audiences  for  epics  have  become  more  defined  because  now  epic  films  mainly  target  people  that  like  ac8on  films,  adventure  films,  war  films  and  to  draw  in  a  bigger  female  audience  romance.  

•   People  know  what  to  expect.    •  Change  in  epic  films  has  widely  been  well  received,  they  target  a  bigger  audience.    

•  Epics  are  good  hybrid  genres.    

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Classifica8on  and  censorship  arranges  

•  The  Hayes  code  that  was  introduced  in  1934  and  abolished  in  1968  had  par8cular  control  over  what  epics  could  show  through  out  the  30’s  to  the  60’s.  Before  the  Hayes  code  films  didn’t  really  have  many  rules.    

•  Hayes  code  stated  is  that  the  film  can’t  be  made  so  the  audience  feels  sympathy  for  the  evil  villan  that  is  doing  something  sinful  or  miss  leading.    

•  Hayes  codd  also  stated  that  law,  natural  (I  think  nature)  or  a  human  being  could  be  ridiculed    

•  Brutal  killings  were  also  not  allowed  to  be  shown  in  detail    •  The  hayes  code  stated  film  makers  could  not  show  adualtry  

aCrac8vley,  could  only  show  passionate  scences  if  it  was  essen8al  to  the  plot.    

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•  The  hayes  code  got  replaced  by  the  mo8on  picture  associa8on  of  americia  in  1968.  the  mo8on  picture  associa8on  of  americia  was  founded  in  1922.  they  use  5  ra8ngs  to  classify  films  and  they  say  what  age  group  is  su8able  to  watch  them.  Unrestricted  

•  G  for  General  -­‐  Nothing  that  would  offend  parents  for  viewing  by  their  children.  

•  PG  for  Parental  Guidance  -­‐  Parents  urged  to  give  "parental  guidance".  May  contain  some  material  parents  might  not  like  for  their  young  children.  

•  PG-­‐13  for  Parental  Guidance  13+  -­‐  Parents  urged  to  be  cau8ous.  Some  material  may  be  inappropriate  for  pre-­‐teenagers.  

•  Restricted  •  R  for  Restricted  -­‐  Contains  some  adult  material.  Parents  urged  to  learn  

more  about  the  film  before  taking  their  young  children  with  them.  •  NC-­‐17  for  No  Children  Under  17  Admi=ed  -­‐  Patently  adult.  Children  are  

not  admiCed.  •  Other  •  NR  for  Not  Rated  -­‐  A  movie  either  not  classified  by  the  MPAA,  or  unrated.  •  So  if  an  epic  film  wants  to  target  a  certain  age  group  e.g.  12-­‐15  they  have  

to  restrict  the  content  so  they  can  classify  the  film  for  that  age  group.  

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Changes  in  society  (concerns)  •  Epic  films  have  changed  over  the  years  because  of  changes  in  society  and  peoples  tastes  changing.    

•  Epic  films  have  increased  in  the  amount  of  ac8on  shown  in  them.    

•  Increase  of  the  amount  of  biopics  made  because  it  is  one  of  the  audiences  favourite  sub  genres  of  epics.    

•  Very  ac8on  packed  and  hint  of  adventure  and  romance.    

•  The  plots  now  a  days  are  not  as  in  depth,  not  that  hard  to  follow  the  story.    

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Metz  cycle  of  genre    Film    theorist  Chris8an  Metz  proposed  that  genre  passes  through  4  stages  in  its  cinema8c  life.  Experimental    films  that  use  the  key  elements  that  become  the  defining  conven8ons  of  that  genre;  •   iconography,    •  narra8ve  structure    •  Mise  en  scene  ect.    Classic  the  films  that  best  exemplify  the  conven8ons  of  the  genre.  Parody  when  the  genre  expecta8ons  genera8ve  humour.  Deconstruc8ve  essen8al  elements  of  the  genre  are  gone.