Fast and Furious
Analyzing The Fast and the Furious Genre
One of my favorite parts of going to watch a movie are the previews. Depending on what type of movie you go see they will show similar movies in that particular genre. If you go see a romantic comedy you are sure to see previews for light-hearted and humorous stories of two people falling in love. At the other end of a spectrum, if you are going to see a horror movie, expect to see previews filled with fear and shock! Genre is what help us identify what type of movies we are more likely to see and it’s also an important way to help categorize films. After exploring genre theory, the feature length film “The Fast and the Furious” will help break down the conventions of the action movie genre as laid out in the story and plot.
Genre theory is important to explore because they are "in varying degrees, how studios categorize the films they make— and how audiences categorize the films they want to see." (Goodykoontz & Jacob, 2011) Some people will only go to the movies to catch critically acclaimed dramas and not waste their time on comedies and others will do vice versa. Movies are entertainment for us but a million dollar business for studios and producers and they will logically produce movies in the genre that will make them a profit. Different genre’s are always evolving as different genre’s merge to create unique story lines. As of late, fantasy movies involving vampires and zombies such as ’Twilight’ and ‘Warm Bodies have been popular because they turn components of what would have been in a horror film to a different storyline involving love and comedy. My preferred genre is the action thriller film. "Action films and popular novels can offer scenarios of empowerment in which viewers ' actual physical and social limitations become irrelevant."(Gallagher, 2006) It can involve fighting sequences, explosions, stunts and and intense, almost impossible, scenarios.
One of my favorite action movies is ‘The Fast and
One of my favorite parts of going to watch a movie are the previews. Depending on what type of movie you go see they will show similar movies in that particular genre. If you go see a romantic comedy you are sure to see previews for light-hearted and humorous stories of two people falling in love. At the other end of a spectrum, if you are going to see a horror movie, expect to see previews filled with fear and shock! Genre is what help us identify what type of movies we are more likely to see and it’s also an important way to help categorize films. After exploring genre theory, the feature length film “The Fast and the Furious” will help break down the conventions of the action movie genre as laid out in the story and plot.
Genre theory is important to explore because they are "in varying degrees, how studios categorize the films they make— and how audiences categorize the films they want to see." (Goodykoontz & Jacob, 2011) Some people will only go to the movies to catch critically acclaimed dramas and not waste their time on comedies and others will do vice versa. Movies are entertainment for us but a million dollar business for studios and producers and they will logically produce movies in the genre that will make them a profit. Different genre’s are always evolving as different genre’s merge to create unique story lines. As of late, fantasy movies involving vampires and zombies such as ’Twilight’ and ‘Warm Bodies have been popular because they turn components of what would have been in a horror film to a different storyline involving love and comedy. My preferred genre is the action thriller film. "Action films and popular novels can offer scenarios of empowerment in which viewers ' actual physical and social limitations become irrelevant."(Gallagher, 2006) It can involve fighting sequences, explosions, stunts and and intense, almost impossible, scenarios.
One of my favorite action movies is ‘The Fast and
References: Work cited According to Goodykoontz & Jacobs (2011),in varying degrees, how studios categorize the films they make— and how audiences categorize the films they want to see.’ (p. 8.1). According to Gallagher (2006), "Action films and popular novels can offer scenarios of empowerment in which viewers ' actual physical and social limitations become irrelevant." (p. 6). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0232500/