The Man Who Wasn T There: Genre Theory

The Man Who Wasn’t There
Introduction to Film (GSK1419C
Instructor: Matthew Warren
May 19th, 2014

The Man Who Wasn’t There Explain genre theory and, using Chapter 8 of the text as a reference, thoroughly describe the conventions and attributes of your selected genre. Genre theory is used in the study of films in order to facilitate the categorization of films. Genres are dependent on various factors such as story line, who the director is, and what are the audience expectations. A better understanding is knowing the type of movie it is so if someone was to say let’s watch a western movie you’re going to expect gun fights, horses, and Indians and cowboys involved with the film. The clip I selected was “The Man Who Wasn’t
There are multiple genres that are in this movie and they are drama/crime, romance, and comedy. The short clip shows actor Billy Bob Thornton entering a room and the lighting is dark on him but it was light on the man he was speaking to in the room, this setting resembles the drama that is going to be involved in the scene with the actors. When actor Billy Bob Thornton sits down in the chair the lighting is even darker as he ask a question, by the lighting getting darker it presents to the audience that the question he is going to ask is a dark question or something that is not legal. Also the man that Billy Bob Thornton is talking to puts on his fake hair to make himself presentable, which came off to me as someone being sneaky and corrupted but the light shining on him tries to hide his dirty intentions. In my references I have a clip from the movie “Before the Devil Knows Your Dead” this movie has crime and drama as well these elements are a few that are in the film “The Man Who Wasn’t There”. Even though both films have different story lines, they are both filled with drama the film “The Man Who Wasn’t There” describes barber that blackmails his wife 's boss and lover
This is definitely drama and a bit of romance involved in which is part of the genre. The film “Before the Devil Knows Your Dead” talks about two brothers organizing the robbery of their parents ' jewelry store, and the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother 's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax. This film also contains drama and crime but what separates the two is the other film has comedy and romance involved with it. The description from the second film has nothing to do with comedy or romance, so you can say it has similarities on some aspects of the film from a drama point of view. Also another example to understand genres is films point out key parts of the film to promote to specific audience for the film or whatever has be successful for the sub genres as well, example you can’t go wrong with a romance film but not everybody likes pure romance films and you can’t go wrong with comedy but nobody likes pure comedy and I believe there is nothing wrong with pure action. An example of a film that can be promoted to a everybody who has qualities that they like to see in films would be the film “Warm Bodies” (http://youtu.be/gGRHrr6IYdg) this film has these qualities that can promote to an audience that