Cinematic Genre

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Cinematic Genre

• March 4th / March 7th

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Genre

• Genre refers to dividing films into different
  groups.
• Three ways to categorize film genres are
• Format The presentation of the film.
• Setting The location where a film takes place
• Mood The emotional charge carried throughout
  the film

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Format

• There are many formats for movies such as
• Documentaries, Full Length Movies, Short Movies,
  Etc.
• The format that we will be working with is called
  a short.
• Short any film that runs for 20 minutes or less.

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Settings

• Crime places its character in a realm of
  criminal or moral law.
• Ex The Departed or The Godfather
• Historical takes place in the past during a
  particular time period
• Ex Gone With the Wind
• Science Fiction this places its characters in
  an alternate reality which may or may not happen
  in the future with new discoveries.
• Ex Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith
• Sports sporting events and locations pertaining
  to given sport of film
• Ex Glory Road
• War battlefields and locations pertaining to a
  time of war
• Ex Saving Private Ryan
• Westerns colonial period of the western United
  States
• Ex Wyatt Earp or basically any movie with John
  Wayne in it.

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Mood

• Fantasy fiction outside of reality
• Ex The Wizard of OZ or the Harry Potter and the
  Order of the Phoenix
• Horror intended to provoke fear in the audience
• Ex Skeleton Key
• Mystery going from the unknown to the known
  with a progression of clues
• Ex Nancy Drew
• Thriller intended to provoke excitement and/or
  nervous tension into audiences
• Ex Premonition
• Romance depending on the elements of romantic
  love
• Ex The Notebook

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Mood Cont.

• Action usually good vs. bad with some sort of
  physical force
• Ex Spider-Man 3
• Adventure involving danger, risk, and/or chance
  
• Ex Pirates of the Caribbean At Worlds End
• Comedy a film laced with humor or that seeks to
  provoke laughter from the audience.
• Ex Talledega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
• Drama mainly focuses on character development
• Ex Cinderella Man
• Family these movies mainly are designed to
  entertain children and can be seen by the whole
  family.
• Ex Bridge to Terabithia

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The Movie Trailer

• Film Advertisements
• They are seen before the screening of another
  movie.
• Movie trailers are commonly referred to as a
  preview of coming attractions
• They usually consist of selected shots from the
  film that is being advertised

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Whats in a trailer?

• Movie Rating
• Before the trailer begins there is usually a
  general rating for the trailer, most trailers are
  able to be viewed by all audiences
• Logo
• The logo of the studio that created the film is
  shown
• Voice Over Narration
• This is sometimes used to start the trailer
• Music
• This normally helps set the tone for the movie.
  Just because the music is used in the trailer,
  does not mean it will be apart of the movies
  soundtrack.
• Cast Run
• This is just a list of the actors that appear in
  the movie
• The cast run is sometimes seen during the
  trailer, or at the very end of the trailer on a
  screen along with other people who were apart of
  creating the movie.
• Scenes
• This is just a sneak peak of the movie, not the
  whole movie. They reveal some parts of the
  movie, but not all.