Genre Homework

1. List five key ways in which we identify genre?
2. Describe the typical setting for either science fiction, action or horror
3. Discuss three ways in which genre is used by an audience
4. Why is genre important to the film-maker?

1. We can identify genre through five key ways:
     -the characters
     -the setting
     -the narrative
     -the style
     -the props or significant objects

2. Each genre will have a typical setting to help identify it.

For science fiction the film is usually set in the future, in space, alternate dimensions or unknown planets.
For action the film is usually set in either a city or exotic locales with a contempary setting such as a jungle.
For horror the film is usually set in somewhere secluded and far from civilisation, such as a smalll village in the country.

3. Genre is used by an audience to tell what kind of experience the film will be, using it to see if they will like or dislike the film by the genre it is in and whether it will grab them and mke them want to watch it.

4. Genre is important to the film maker so that he/she knows what film they are going to make so that they ca stay true to certain codes and conventions which make a genre. If the director wants to make a horror film then they must follow these codes and conventions to make sure it stays primarily n that realm, and doesnt deviate too far that it is no longer appealing to the original audience they wanted to draw in. It is also important so that the director can tell the distributor so that they can market it accordingly and draw in the right audience.

Matt.