Genre research task

2. What makes a genre?
0 Typical main characters
0 Stock secondary characters
0 Iconography
0 Theme
0 Mood
0 Cinematic style

3. What is a paradigm?
Genres that follow the codes and conventions or
elements and these element are called paradigms.
These element include lighting, editing, mise-en-scene
and camera work

4. What is iconography?
Iconography is repeated images that become typical
across films in that genre.
For example, iconography that is associated with a
western film is: cowboys, dust, deserts, guns,
tumbleweed, shoot outs and saloon doors.

5. Features that you would expect
within these genres0 Romance: A male and female are in love but they would
possibly go through a rough phase half way through the film
but they would end up happy together at the end
0 Thriller: in these films there would be a lot of suspense so
that the audience is left on the edge of their seats
throughout the movie. A lot of key features are left out so
that the suspense would carry on throughout the film but it
would come together in the end

6. Why is genre important to both
audiences and media producers?
It is important for the audience because it gives them an
idea about what is happening in the film so that they
don’t feel lost or confused. It also means that the
audience have a rough idea about the film so they will
know whether or not they like the genre.
It is important for the producers because it gives them
a guide line of what they can and cannot do when the
film is being made.

7. Why might genre be a limiting
factor?
It means that you will have to keep within the genre’s codes
and conventions unless it is a hybrid genre film.
If the codes and conventions are mixed up within the different
genres then the audience will be confused about what they
are watching.