genres are about repetition an difference
popular genres rely audiences to feel this. spec=how and why they are created, change, andure and decline.
Neale argues that genre is a processs by which generic codes and conventions are shared by producers and audiences through repetition in media products.
this means that genres are not fixed but constantly evolve.
3 conventions:
- Iconography -things we can see; costume, mise en scene, editing
- structure -how the familiar stories come about that tend to repeat itself (rise and fall in gangster movies)
- theme -messages and values presented
Iconography for..
The western= cowboys, deserted areas, horses, rattlesnakes and guns
Vampire horror= dark cave looking castle/building, blood, pale vampires, gloomy settings
Sci Fi= flying transportation, abnormal creatures (deformed or supernatural), magical wands
structure for..
the western= cowboys on a mission to find what they're looking for or escaping from then end up accomplishing this; through numerous hurdles.
Vampire horror=old vampires on the hunt for fresh young blood..manipulate or kidnap humans then suck their blood.
Sci fi= aliens invading then a soon war between the two species in order to save the universe
Theme for...
The western= Action (aggressive and defending themselves in tough situations). Justifying white settlers taking over now america from who they called "savages"-native americans
Vampire horror=be aware of our needs and perhaps sexuality
sci fi= protect each other from an overall evilness
The Teen Movie
Mean girls
clueless
twilight
high school musical 1,2,3
pitch perfect
she's the man
step up
John tucker must die
fault in our stars
Iconographies for teen movies:
set in an american high school that's split up in numerous cliques.. such as the mean girls and the nerds.. social life. lockers
Iconographies for teen movies:
set in an american high school that's split up in numerous cliques.. such as the mean girls and the nerds.. social life. lockers
'rite of passage' narrative- moving from one social identity to another (child to adult).
The need to belong to a group..importance of popularity
1st stage- primitive, the formative stage in which the genres characteristics are first established.
2nd stage- the classical, genre at it's peak, with generic qualitites refined.
3rd stage- revisionist, which reevaluates it often in a critical way..typifies the genre
4th stage- the parodic, in which the genre is satirized in a consciously self-reflexive, tongue-in-cheek manner.
1950s
genre Theorist- Andrew Tudor "a genre ..defines a moral and social world"
stanley hall identified teens as "adolescence"
The Great Depression- focused on the importance of kids getting an education ...meaning in the 50s kids no longer could work and had to stay in school. However after the war and money was no longer needed, they had stayed in school in order to develop and build what they want to achieve. Heavily targeted by teenagers..teens loyal to the cinema
more movies that target young people.
times have changed causing teens to stay at home
the new concept of 'teenagers' had society scare
The classical period of the teen movies was in the 80s
such as 'The breakfast club'
The need to belong to a group..importance of popularity
1st stage- primitive, the formative stage in which the genres characteristics are first established.
2nd stage- the classical, genre at it's peak, with generic qualitites refined.
3rd stage- revisionist, which reevaluates it often in a critical way..typifies the genre
4th stage- the parodic, in which the genre is satirized in a consciously self-reflexive, tongue-in-cheek manner.
1950s
genre Theorist- Andrew Tudor "a genre ..defines a moral and social world"
stanley hall identified teens as "adolescence"
The Great Depression- focused on the importance of kids getting an education ...meaning in the 50s kids no longer could work and had to stay in school. However after the war and money was no longer needed, they had stayed in school in order to develop and build what they want to achieve. Heavily targeted by teenagers..teens loyal to the cinema
more movies that target young people.
times have changed causing teens to stay at home
the new concept of 'teenagers' had society scare
The classical period of the teen movies was in the 80s
such as 'The breakfast club'
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