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The ingredients of a film determine its genre.

Genre. The ingredients of a film determine its genre. There are several recognisable elements making up any given genre that would seem odd in any other context. We accept robots & ray guns in a science fiction but would be astonished if they occurred in a period drama, for instance.

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The ingredients of a film determine its genre.

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  1. Genre The ingredients of a film determine its genre. There are several recognisable elements making up any given genre that would seem odd in any other context. We accept robots & ray guns in a science fiction but would be astonished if they occurred in a period drama, for instance.

  2. If a studio knows from recent experience that super hero films have enjoyed large audiences then a new one is likely to be commissioned. • We, as an audience know what we are getting: genres are simplifying labels to help us know what to expect.

  3. Spot the Super Hero Cliché

  4. On the other hand, genres are not fixed but keep evolving new conventions and breeding sub-genres, such as horror- comedy. • Like a good chef, an innovative director will experiment with generic ingredients in order to create something new and exciting. • Why?

  5. For a genre to ‘work’, it needs to show recognisable cinematic conventions, narratives, iconography, character types, ideologies, etc.

  6. Film Noir

  7. From what we’ve looked at already, can you remember any key genre features from film noir? • What are the recurring images and themes in the stills?

  8. Influence – German cinema from the 1920s

  9. Influence – the mood and images from Edward Hopper’s paintings

  10. Influence – American gangster films from the 1930s

  11. Public Enemy Number One • Scarface • Little Caesar • Lots of violence but little atmosphere

  12. The Production code • Also known as the Hays Code

  13. Exiled directors from Germany & Austria with expressionist style & ideas influencing the look of the period + Images of urban America in the depression era + American audience taste for the gangster film + The new rules of the Production Code = Film Noir

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