Why are the codes and conventions in this genre used over and over in different movies?
Because they have a main structure that has worked in the past, making them sure that the audience will like the structure.
Why have the codes and conventions been changed in some cases?
They change the codes and conventions sometimes to make it fit in with the story line and to create a difference, because people don’t want to see the same thing over and over again. Also because of evolution; times and society are both changing so the codes and conventions have to be changed in order to keep apealling to the audience.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Different Genres
- Comedy.
- Romance.
- Action.
- Drama.
- Horror.
- Thriller.
- Disaster.
- War.
- Historical.
- Western.
- Fantasy.
- Teen.
- Children/family.
- Documentary.
- Science-fiction.
- Educational.
- Reality.
- Crime.
- Myth.
- Adventure.
- Musicals.
- Martial Arts.
- Romance.
- Action.
- Drama.
- Horror.
- Thriller.
- Disaster.
- War.
- Historical.
- Western.
- Fantasy.
- Teen.
- Children/family.
- Documentary.
- Science-fiction.
- Educational.
- Reality.
- Crime.
- Myth.
- Adventure.
- Musicals.
- Martial Arts.
(Reworded) List Of Genres
Historical: A story about a real person or event. E.g, The Queen.
Biography: The story of somebodys life told by another person. E.g, Ray.
Autobiography: Somebodys life being retold themselves (about their own life). E.g.
Memoir: Somebody retelling a story from their own memory. E.g.
Historical Fiction: Set in real life with real people with only some fictionalised/made up factors. E.g Pride and Prejudice
Alternate history: Similar to Historical Fiction but more excessive and there is more fictional and fantasy things included. E.g.
Period Piece: Stories that are usually set in a historical time, but history isn’t the main focus and/or point of this story. E.g.
Costume drama: A drama where glamorous and different clothing is a big focus.E.g. Marie Antoinette.
Adventure: About a main character travelling far to gain and/ or achieve something. E.g. Spy Kids 2.
Action: Similar to Adventure but more intense. It often includes more danger and conflict and/or violence. E.g. The Fast and the Furious.
Superhero: A superhuman (usually male) who uses their abilities (usually super powers) to help people. E.g. Xmen.
Military: A story based on war, including what war was like and how the soldiers were treated and what they went through. Usually based on one soldier. E.g. Forest Gump.
Spy fiction: Stories about special agents getting sent on missions, using high-tech gadgets and technology and also includes fighting scenes. E.g. James Bond.
Swashbuckler: A story about someone who has conflict with villains. E.g. Zorro.
Martial arts Kung-Fu film: Stories about martial arts, including high forms of experience and well thought out fighting. E.g. Jackie Chan. Science fiction: Stories usually set in the future or space. Also includes fantasy scenes and fictional objects. E.g. Blade runner.
Military Science Fiction: Wars against aliens. E.g. Men in Black.
Space Opera: About time travel. E.g. Back to the Future.
Fantasy: Fictional story, based on magical/supernatural theme. E.g. Twilight.
Science Fantasy: A magical story that can be explained by science. E.g.
Sword & Sorcery: A fantasy story containing adventure and a hero who fights with someone or something else. E.g.
High Fantasy: A story that has nothing real in it, it is set in a different world. E.g.
Wuxia: Fantasy and/or Martial arts.
Romance: A story about relationships, includes love, a happy ending and engagement. E.g. The Notebook
Crime Fiction: A story with some form of crime. E.g. CSI.
Mystery: A dectective usually, figuring out some sort of crime.
Murder Mystery: A dectective finding a murderer. E.g. Cold Case.
Comedy: A story that tells a humourous story. Comical and lighthearted elements. E.g. Super Bad.
Comedy of manners: A story of social behavior and class. Charcters are usually highly stereotypical. E.g. Sydney White.
Parody: A mockery film which uses sarcasum and comedy to make fun of somethings flaws. E.g. Epic Movie.
Black comedy: A parody that plays on usually untapped subjects.
Romantic comedy: Love stories told comically. E.g. Hitch.
Comedic Science Fiction: Comedy’s with science fictional settings, alot of the time making fun of the science fiction genre. E.g.
Documentary: Retelling of events. E.g. Earth.
Mockumentary: Story that uses documentary form to tell fictional and comical events. E.g. The Office.
Horror: Stories made to cause fear mostly using violence, suspense and/or shock. E.g. Silent Hill.
Monster: A creature causing havoc. E.g. Water Horse.
Giant Monster: A giant creature causing havoc. E.g. Jurrassic Park.
Survival Horror: About someone who must endure something in order to survive. E.g. Castaway.
Thriller: A mix of fear and excitement.Usually has a serious story line. E.g. 28 Day Later.
Disaster-Thriller: Involves some form of disaster which must be overcome. E.g. The Day After Tomorrow.
Psychological-Thriller: About someones mental unstability. E.g. Hide and Seek.
Crime-Thriller: About criminal events that are exciting, also scary. E.g. S.W.A.T
Techno-Thriller: Involves technology and usually cyber terrorism. E.g. The Island.Western: Adventure and Action type movies set in the ‘wild’ West. E.g. Calamity Jane.
Biography: The story of somebodys life told by another person. E.g, Ray.
Autobiography: Somebodys life being retold themselves (about their own life). E.g.
Memoir: Somebody retelling a story from their own memory. E.g.
Historical Fiction: Set in real life with real people with only some fictionalised/made up factors. E.g Pride and Prejudice
Alternate history: Similar to Historical Fiction but more excessive and there is more fictional and fantasy things included. E.g.
Period Piece: Stories that are usually set in a historical time, but history isn’t the main focus and/or point of this story. E.g.
Costume drama: A drama where glamorous and different clothing is a big focus.E.g. Marie Antoinette.
Adventure: About a main character travelling far to gain and/ or achieve something. E.g. Spy Kids 2.
Action: Similar to Adventure but more intense. It often includes more danger and conflict and/or violence. E.g. The Fast and the Furious.
Superhero: A superhuman (usually male) who uses their abilities (usually super powers) to help people. E.g. Xmen.
Military: A story based on war, including what war was like and how the soldiers were treated and what they went through. Usually based on one soldier. E.g. Forest Gump.
Spy fiction: Stories about special agents getting sent on missions, using high-tech gadgets and technology and also includes fighting scenes. E.g. James Bond.
Swashbuckler: A story about someone who has conflict with villains. E.g. Zorro.
Martial arts Kung-Fu film: Stories about martial arts, including high forms of experience and well thought out fighting. E.g. Jackie Chan. Science fiction: Stories usually set in the future or space. Also includes fantasy scenes and fictional objects. E.g. Blade runner.
Military Science Fiction: Wars against aliens. E.g. Men in Black.
Space Opera: About time travel. E.g. Back to the Future.
Fantasy: Fictional story, based on magical/supernatural theme. E.g. Twilight.
Science Fantasy: A magical story that can be explained by science. E.g.
Sword & Sorcery: A fantasy story containing adventure and a hero who fights with someone or something else. E.g.
High Fantasy: A story that has nothing real in it, it is set in a different world. E.g.
Wuxia: Fantasy and/or Martial arts.
Romance: A story about relationships, includes love, a happy ending and engagement. E.g. The Notebook
Crime Fiction: A story with some form of crime. E.g. CSI.
Mystery: A dectective usually, figuring out some sort of crime.
Murder Mystery: A dectective finding a murderer. E.g. Cold Case.
Comedy: A story that tells a humourous story. Comical and lighthearted elements. E.g. Super Bad.
Comedy of manners: A story of social behavior and class. Charcters are usually highly stereotypical. E.g. Sydney White.
Parody: A mockery film which uses sarcasum and comedy to make fun of somethings flaws. E.g. Epic Movie.
Black comedy: A parody that plays on usually untapped subjects.
Romantic comedy: Love stories told comically. E.g. Hitch.
Comedic Science Fiction: Comedy’s with science fictional settings, alot of the time making fun of the science fiction genre. E.g.
Documentary: Retelling of events. E.g. Earth.
Mockumentary: Story that uses documentary form to tell fictional and comical events. E.g. The Office.
Horror: Stories made to cause fear mostly using violence, suspense and/or shock. E.g. Silent Hill.
Monster: A creature causing havoc. E.g. Water Horse.
Giant Monster: A giant creature causing havoc. E.g. Jurrassic Park.
Survival Horror: About someone who must endure something in order to survive. E.g. Castaway.
Thriller: A mix of fear and excitement.Usually has a serious story line. E.g. 28 Day Later.
Disaster-Thriller: Involves some form of disaster which must be overcome. E.g. The Day After Tomorrow.
Psychological-Thriller: About someones mental unstability. E.g. Hide and Seek.
Crime-Thriller: About criminal events that are exciting, also scary. E.g. S.W.A.T
Techno-Thriller: Involves technology and usually cyber terrorism. E.g. The Island.Western: Adventure and Action type movies set in the ‘wild’ West. E.g. Calamity Jane.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Genre - Comedy Films
What do you expect to see in a Comedy film?
- Jokes.
- Sarcasm.
- Happy music.
- Soft music.
- Problems but humour always included.
- Minor problems.
- Love story usually included.
- Lots of characters, e.g. families, neighbours, friends.
- Happy endings.
- Sometimes colourful scenery.
- Funny main character.
- Normal transport, e.g. cars, bikes, trains, buses.
- Sometimes the main character is disliked/misunderstood.
- Sensible character.
- Dumb decisions.
- Light-hearted plot.
- Inappropriate timing.
- Main character usually male.
- Character changes, e.g. grows, learns.
- Includes aspects that the audience can relate to.
- Conflict.
- Fights between friends.
- Usually somebody alternative.
- Usually a loveable idiot.
- A geek.
- Sometimes a high school setting.
- Appeals to males and females.
- Usually little or no death.
- Sometimes a dry sense of humour.
- Comedy can be suttle.
- Usually irony.
- Swearing.
- Easy going.
- Different ages.
- Offensive behaviour.
- A specific target audience.
- Jokes.
- Sarcasm.
- Happy music.
- Soft music.
- Problems but humour always included.
- Minor problems.
- Love story usually included.
- Lots of characters, e.g. families, neighbours, friends.
- Happy endings.
- Sometimes colourful scenery.
- Funny main character.
- Normal transport, e.g. cars, bikes, trains, buses.
- Sometimes the main character is disliked/misunderstood.
- Sensible character.
- Dumb decisions.
- Light-hearted plot.
- Inappropriate timing.
- Main character usually male.
- Character changes, e.g. grows, learns.
- Includes aspects that the audience can relate to.
- Conflict.
- Fights between friends.
- Usually somebody alternative.
- Usually a loveable idiot.
- A geek.
- Sometimes a high school setting.
- Appeals to males and females.
- Usually little or no death.
- Sometimes a dry sense of humour.
- Comedy can be suttle.
- Usually irony.
- Swearing.
- Easy going.
- Different ages.
- Offensive behaviour.
- A specific target audience.
Genre - Disaster Films
What do you expect to see in a disaster film?
- Bad guy.
- Hero (always a male character).
- Helpless people (e.g. children and elderly).
- A main character dies.
- Loud music.
- Dramatic music.
- Lots of sound effects.
- Good special effects.
- Conclusion.
- Always good and bad at the end.
- Sacrifice.
- Conflict between the characters.
- The disaster in the film sometimes brings people together.
- Characters sometimes express their feelings a lot more during the disaster.
- Lots of different camera shots and angles.
- Facial expressions usually serious.
- Rescues.
- Boats, helicopters, vans, planes used a lot, usually for the rescues.
- Quite a few main characters.
- Main characters usually clash when trying to figure out what to do.
- Normal clothing, e.g. nothing that stands out.
- Tragedies.
- Sometimes natural hazards.
- Major and minor injuries.
- Death.
- Love story included.
- “Rollercoaster”, e.g. from good to bad and back again.
- A specific target audience.
- Bad guy.
- Hero (always a male character).
- Helpless people (e.g. children and elderly).
- A main character dies.
- Loud music.
- Dramatic music.
- Lots of sound effects.
- Good special effects.
- Conclusion.
- Always good and bad at the end.
- Sacrifice.
- Conflict between the characters.
- The disaster in the film sometimes brings people together.
- Characters sometimes express their feelings a lot more during the disaster.
- Lots of different camera shots and angles.
- Facial expressions usually serious.
- Rescues.
- Boats, helicopters, vans, planes used a lot, usually for the rescues.
- Quite a few main characters.
- Main characters usually clash when trying to figure out what to do.
- Normal clothing, e.g. nothing that stands out.
- Tragedies.
- Sometimes natural hazards.
- Major and minor injuries.
- Death.
- Love story included.
- “Rollercoaster”, e.g. from good to bad and back again.
- A specific target audience.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Genre Definitions
Connotation - Meanings associated with words. Words or things with two meanings.Eg. A dove is a connotation of peace and harmony.
Denotation - Specific, Literal or actual meanings of words.Eg. Dove is a denotation for a white bird.
Mise en scene - Setting or scenery.
Talking heads - T.V slang.
Synchronised sound- Sound coupled to images.
Digetic sound-
Non-digetic sound -
Intertiles-
Social actors-
Denotation - Specific, Literal or actual meanings of words.Eg. Dove is a denotation for a white bird.
Mise en scene - Setting or scenery.
Talking heads - T.V slang.
Synchronised sound- Sound coupled to images.
Digetic sound-
Non-digetic sound -
Intertiles-
Social actors-
Monday, March 16, 2009
Mitre 10 Dream Home
Close Reading.
Editing Pace - The editing pace in this programme is quite fast. At the start of the programme it is cut from different shots/scenes at a fast speed, showing what the teams have done to their houses and what happened in the last episode/what is going to happen. This captures the audiences attention right from the start of the programme.
Lighting - The lighting in this programme is quite bright. For example, when the host is interviewing the teams the light is bright which captures the audiences attention. Also when people go into the houses, they are bright. This shows that it is positive, and shows the audience that it is more of a happy programme. When the team members are talking to the camera, alone in a room, the background in the room has a black background, this makes the team member/the person talking stand out to the audience.
Costume - The clothes that they wear are casual (the host and the teams/helpers) stand out. They mostly wear yellow and blue, because those are the team names. The host wears red so she also stands out when standing with the teams. This makes it easier for the audience to see the different teams. Their clothing is casual, and mostly dirty from the DIY.
Music – The music changes with the feelings of the team members. When the houses are going well the music is happy and exciting. It has a fast tempo. When something goes wrong, or the team members are worried about something then the music changes to a slow tempo, less exciting but more tension building. The music adds to the atmosphere of the scene, helping the audience to get more involved. The also music plays in the background when people are being interviewed/talking to the camera and when the audience is being shown what has been achieved in the houses.
Naration – Throughout the programme the host is talking (a voice-over) while the audience is being shown what has been achieved in the houses and what is happening at the moment. The naration is only every so often, not constantly. This helps the audience understand more about what is happening and how the teams are feeling.
Angles/Shots – Mid shots are used when the team members are talking to the camera about what they have done and how they are feeling. I think they use a mid shot for these scenes because then the audience can see some of the team members t-shirt, showing what team they are in (blue or yellow) and the audience can also see what their facial expressions are like. Long shots are sometimes used when the team members are talking amongst eachother. This helps the audiences see more of the body language being used in the scene. Close ups and long shots are used when the judges go through the houses at the end of each episode and look in depth at the houses. They use close ups when the judges see something that isn’t very good, the camera zooms up on it, so that the audience get a better idea of what is wrong with what the judges have seen. The long shots are used when the judges are walking from room to room. This shows the audience how much room is in the house.
Audience.
Mitre 10 Dream Home is a New Zealand reality programme, about a competition between two couples(two teams) who are building different houses (DIY). One couple gets the house for free if they win, the other has to buy it. The house that loses is also available for the public to buy, so the losing couple have to bid in the auction that takes place to buy their house.The audience that it is aimed at is young couples (VAL), older people (VAL), young struggling families (VAL). Mitre 10 Dream Home is aimed at young couples because it helps them find out what to do in their house and because it is mostly young couples that are on this programme competing for their houses they can relate. Older people may watch it because they have worked hard for what they have in life and like to see young people/couples doing the same. It is not a negative programme, its positive and good natured, so it will help them have a positive attitude. It is also aimed at Achievers (TAG), because achievers are people ‘motivated by a desire to succeed’. When the team members keep pushing themselves to achieve their final goal of completing their houses and their smaller goals of completing the different rooms, the audience can tell that they are motivated to achieve.
Editing Pace - The editing pace in this programme is quite fast. At the start of the programme it is cut from different shots/scenes at a fast speed, showing what the teams have done to their houses and what happened in the last episode/what is going to happen. This captures the audiences attention right from the start of the programme.
Lighting - The lighting in this programme is quite bright. For example, when the host is interviewing the teams the light is bright which captures the audiences attention. Also when people go into the houses, they are bright. This shows that it is positive, and shows the audience that it is more of a happy programme. When the team members are talking to the camera, alone in a room, the background in the room has a black background, this makes the team member/the person talking stand out to the audience.
Costume - The clothes that they wear are casual (the host and the teams/helpers) stand out. They mostly wear yellow and blue, because those are the team names. The host wears red so she also stands out when standing with the teams. This makes it easier for the audience to see the different teams. Their clothing is casual, and mostly dirty from the DIY.
Music – The music changes with the feelings of the team members. When the houses are going well the music is happy and exciting. It has a fast tempo. When something goes wrong, or the team members are worried about something then the music changes to a slow tempo, less exciting but more tension building. The music adds to the atmosphere of the scene, helping the audience to get more involved. The also music plays in the background when people are being interviewed/talking to the camera and when the audience is being shown what has been achieved in the houses.
Naration – Throughout the programme the host is talking (a voice-over) while the audience is being shown what has been achieved in the houses and what is happening at the moment. The naration is only every so often, not constantly. This helps the audience understand more about what is happening and how the teams are feeling.
Angles/Shots – Mid shots are used when the team members are talking to the camera about what they have done and how they are feeling. I think they use a mid shot for these scenes because then the audience can see some of the team members t-shirt, showing what team they are in (blue or yellow) and the audience can also see what their facial expressions are like. Long shots are sometimes used when the team members are talking amongst eachother. This helps the audiences see more of the body language being used in the scene. Close ups and long shots are used when the judges go through the houses at the end of each episode and look in depth at the houses. They use close ups when the judges see something that isn’t very good, the camera zooms up on it, so that the audience get a better idea of what is wrong with what the judges have seen. The long shots are used when the judges are walking from room to room. This shows the audience how much room is in the house.
Audience.
Mitre 10 Dream Home is a New Zealand reality programme, about a competition between two couples(two teams) who are building different houses (DIY). One couple gets the house for free if they win, the other has to buy it. The house that loses is also available for the public to buy, so the losing couple have to bid in the auction that takes place to buy their house.The audience that it is aimed at is young couples (VAL), older people (VAL), young struggling families (VAL). Mitre 10 Dream Home is aimed at young couples because it helps them find out what to do in their house and because it is mostly young couples that are on this programme competing for their houses they can relate. Older people may watch it because they have worked hard for what they have in life and like to see young people/couples doing the same. It is not a negative programme, its positive and good natured, so it will help them have a positive attitude. It is also aimed at Achievers (TAG), because achievers are people ‘motivated by a desire to succeed’. When the team members keep pushing themselves to achieve their final goal of completing their houses and their smaller goals of completing the different rooms, the audience can tell that they are motivated to achieve.
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