Film Genres
What are film genres? - Film genres are various forms or identifiable types, categories, classifications or groups of films that are recurring and have simmilar, fammiliar or instantly recongisable patterns, syntax, film techniques or conventions that include one or more of the following; Settings (props), content, subject matter, themes, mood, period, plot, central narrative events, motifs, styles, structures, situations, and recurring icons.
Genre is always a vague term with no fixed boundaries. Gemres have become very blurred over the years and they seem to cross over. Recently, film theorist Robert Stam challenged whether genres really exist, or whether they are merely made up by critics. Stam has questioned whether "genres [are] really 'out there' in the world or are they really the construction of analysts?". As well, he has asked whether there is a "... finite taxonomy of genres or are they in principle infinite?" and whether genres are "...timeless essences ephemeral, time-bound entities?
About Us
- Tarantino Tigers 2009
- Hey There, we are year 12 media students from Capital City Academy, who form a group called the 'Tarantino Tigers'. on the left is an image of our media group (from the left Marwa,Enes,Gehan and Viran) We will be keeping a blog to show our progress with the course and use it as an update to display how we are getting on. We will also present the pre production, production and post production of our project which is to create a two minute opening sequence of a film. We chose as a group that we will use a sub genre of horror, called slasher. We were very interested in this genre as it holds many key conventions and we thought it would be motivating to experiment with the genre's key concepts.
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