Blog Task 3

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Blog Task 3

• By Kieran Ashton

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What is Genre?

• Genre is the repetition and variation of familiar
  conventions, films fit into these categories
  because they use the conventions and features of
  films inside that category. For example, A horror
  film would use the same conventions as other
  horror films in order to attract its target
  audience. Examples of this are jump cuts and high
  craned angles to make the audience feel put off.
  However, it is not just a simple means of
  labelling or classifying films. Films can fit
  into certain genres but there can be subgenres or
  cross genres.

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Why is Genre important?

• For Film Producers, genre provides many points
  for them to use whilst making their film. Genre
  provides them with the typical guidelines that
  are used for specific films, for example Horror
  Films, Science Fiction Films. However, sometimes
  films need to defy the genre and go against the
  guidelines. Having a unique and fresh take on a
  genre is something that audiences almost always
  enjoy.

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What happens to Genre over time?

• Over time genres begin to mix together and create
  hybrid genres or change to fit the culture of the
  time. 40 years ago horror would have been very
  different to what it is now. Now it relies more
  on CGI than it does on puppets like it did with
  Alfred Hitchcock. Genre can also be shown to mix
  together like it does a lot of the time with
  science fiction and horror. A lot of horror films
  are based of science fiction features and this
  creates a horror movie based of the ideals from
  another genre.

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Why is Genre important to Film Producers?

• For Film Producers, genre provides many points
  for them to use whilst making their film. Genre
  gives them with the guidelines that are used for
  specific films. Most stories stick to one genre
  and follow certain themes and features so in
  order to attract a set audiences producers just
  have to follow certain themes and events that
  will suit that audience and make them enjoy that
  film, however sometimes genres can be mixed and
  Film Producers sometimes create their own kind of
  genre and lay the road for films after. Audiences
  sometimes react well to these new kinds of genres
  and because of that Genre is very important to
  Producers.

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Why is Genre important to Film Audiences?

• For the audience, genre is important to them for
  the sole reason of recognition. Recognition is an
  important part for the audience, if they see a
  specific genre they will recognise the themes and
  features of that genre and will judge it from
  there. When seeing a specific genre they will
  recognise the fact that they like or dislike
  those said genres of films, but they do not only
  recognise the genres and what the stories might
  entail, genres also bring in actors that are most
  popular in certain genres.The audience then can
  recognise the actors with specific genres, making
  them enjoy the movie and the actors own
  personality to the film creating a good
  relationship with the audience.