Film genre From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia See also: List of genres#Film genres and television genre In film theory‚ genre ( /ˈʒɒnrə/ or /ˈdʒɒnrə/) refers to the method based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed. Most theories of film genre are borrowed from literary genre criticism. As with genre in a literary context‚ there is a great deal of debate over how to define or categorize genres.[citation needed]. Besides the basic distinction in genre between
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Racism in Film Throughout the history of film in the United States‚ the depiction of race has only changed slightly. Although‚ the display of various races in film is pertinent to the specific time period in which the film was made‚ films have‚ for the most part‚ always portrayed white superiority over other races. People of color have traditionally been presented in a negative way (if presented at all) that helps to maintain the status quo where whites are at the top of the social hierarchy. A
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Film Theory & Analysis Vertigo (1958) Vertigo‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958‚ is a psychological thriller that is said to be Hitchcock’s most personal and revealing film. Vertigo was a failure in the box office‚ but later became to be the premier of pure cinema. Through the use of formal elements such as lighting‚ color‚ spacing‚ and sound Hitchcock brings the film off of the screen and into the audience’s head. The themes presented in Vertigo: love‚ sex‚ obsession‚ and
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LEVEL 3 How to write a Film Review Credits (first page only): Title‚ year‚ genre‚ director‚ (screenwriter)‚ music or soundtrack‚ main actors. Credits: Summary of the plot (synopsis): Only a brief summary of the film‚ around ½ to ¾ page. Make sure that your summary makes sense to a reader who does not know the movie. Do not refer to specific scenes and do not try to explain everything. You must also include the following items‚ but not as different parts (they should be included
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What criteria do you use to distinguish between knowledge‚ opinion and propaganda? In the 21st century society‚ we are immersed in mass media and absorb all kinds of information. With this amount of information‚ we ask basic questions about the authenticity of the information itself. We can get information from seeing‚ hearing things‚ school‚ friends or even just watching TV. We are exposed to propaganda and opinion everyday‚ but how much of that information do we accept into our knowledge
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usually a very wide shot or extreme wide shot. • To orientate the viewer to the flow of the narrative by alerting the audience to the beginning of a new sequence‚ but does not itself carry narrative information. Effect: When the director wants the responder (us) to understand the emotion being experienced by the character or something unique about their physical features. Creates an intimacy between the character and the viewer. • The camera moves closer to one of the figures or objects in the
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Homosexuality in Film When sultry‚ womanly JoAnn steps into the five and dime‚ rarely would a viewer automatically leap to the conclusion that twenty years prior‚ that gorgeous she had been a he. Ed Graczyk and Robert Altman pushed the envelope when they so blatantly portrayed homosexuality and trans-genderedness in a movie in 1982. They were not‚ however the first to choose to display homosexuality in movies. "In fact‚ homosexuality‚ or the idea of it‚ has been with [the viewer] since movies were
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1 Devonne Woodruff Com/150 05/18/2013 Barbara Green What stresses out teens during adolescence? There are many factors in life that a teenager will have to deal with and these factors will cause them to be very stressed. Today’s teens often feel stressed and this can be related to many types of factors‚ whether it be academic‚ family or social pressures. Most articles and websites that cover these problems encourage parents to be on the lookout for signs of anxiety in their teens. Also
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End Of The World Post-apocalyptic movies have recently become what movie fanatics are talking about and what viewers want to go see in the theaters. The reasoning behind this is because this genre has everything in it: horror‚ action‚ comedy and sometimes even romance. Viewers love that these films are all based out of the writer’s head: no plot‚ no rules‚ just their thoughts. When viewers go in the theater thinking this would never happen and they leave seeing how easy it would be for it to. I Am
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Color in film went through a self-contained evolution much like sound. Many films of the silent era‚ for instance‚ used processes such as tinting and toning to give an overall color to the frame (Thomspon & Bordwell 34). Thompson and Bordwell comment on the process that “color could provide information about the narrative situation and hence make the story clearer to the spectator” (34)‚ much like the use of photogénie and mise-en-scene by the Impressionists and Expressionists. Other films‚ such as
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