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  • Essay / Defining a Film Genre - 666

    Genres are categories of types of films, categorized into specific styles or topics, some genres remain unique within a film and other films have a mixed range of genres. Finding out the genre of a film before viewing it would reveal the subject matter and suitability of the film. For example, a crime/drama film may begin with a dramatic beginning, but as the film displays its genre, viewers will later know that the film will begin to involve crime scenes. What also defines what genre it is are certain basic characters. and dramatic situations associated with a specific category, such as a gangster with family problems. Those who watch films have their own interest in particular genres, so categorizing it is an easy way to promote the film to a particular audience. Genre also defines the type of emotion you will get from the film, a comedy will be funny so it will make people laugh and generally put people in a better mood than they were in or horror where it will scare people, people find it fun to scare, for some people it's mainly a younger audience, being scared to sleep. What defines a genre varies, props, locations, etc. vary. For example, for location, Western genre films usually have a Western-type location, which gives them that Western-type feel, depicting frontier life in the American West from the 1600s to contemporary times. . For a musical genre, what would define it as that type of film is the consistency of the music played from time to time, the music played that goes with the storyline, sometimes those performing looked at the camera but didn't when it it was about filming scenes. .Also genres that are made for a particular number of viewers at a time like family films, which defines a family...... middle of paper...... Exorcist (1973), although it was about a possessed girl with a controlling demon but as an actor people may find a young girl using such language that it is pushed far. Health – characters don't eat healthily, smoke and drink? An example of a film would be the film “Blow” in which there is heavy use of many drugs; the film glorifies drugs at certain points, which may lead viewers to want to feel the effect. Genre I will choose and to show what it is, this genre will be "Crime", different from film noir so it is not a mistake, crime films are more involved in those who commit the criminal lifestyle and what how they live, how they managed to earn money. Crime films usually involve violence, strong language, money and drugs. Cinematography and editing will need to be used correctly so that the audience can feel the depth as well as visually..