Analyzing Genres and Intertextuality: A Critical Paper on the Film “Walang Forever”
Genre Analysis The genre analysis approach in analyzing media texts helps classify and breakdown the different genres that were recognized by the viewers as well as created by the movie makers. These genres offer satisfaction to their target audience brought by the pleasure of having predicted what was supposed to happen during the film. Genre analysis also identifies whether there is intertextuality present in relation to other films with the same genre. The recognition of these genres and having identified their importance within the media text will help the audience to relate the different cinematic elements of the film and gain more understanding of the ideas that the media text wanted to convey.
Genre Analysis and Ideology
Having mentioned that the recognition of genres within a media text offer pleasure or satisfaction to its audience, it is implied that genre analysis is also related to the different ideologies offered by the media text since there is a momentary satisfaction gained from having achieved the goal of identifying the genres and predicting the possible outcome of the media text. However, the paper will only
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The tear-jerking scenes of Mia and Ethan as they tried to accept that they will not be with each other forever, but their love will. The painful revelation of Ethan’s critical condition as well as the scene where she revealed this sickness to her mother and to Mia are both dramatic and truly emotional. Along with the drama genre is the tragedy which is recognized when Ethan died. However, tragedy was not heavily observed since the movie foretold that Mia has accepted and expected the death of her lover. This somehow relates to a person’s life where he or she loses a loved one, which is very painful but they learn to slowly accept that their loved one is gone forever in their
While analyzing pieces of literature written by Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Katherine Anne Porte, we are able to compare and contrast the literary devices used throughout the stories. Along with those pieces of literature comes movies which were based upon the story. While comparing the book to the movie we are able to see how the producer chose to portray the literary elements such as characters,plot and the settings in the stories, along if he had decided to leave some of the story out and or create an alternative resemblance of a certain scene from the book.
Movies are not the only types of entertainment that incorporates genre; stories, music, flyers, tweets on twitter, and much more also do too. When applying a genre to ones form of expression, we can look at all aspects of the piece and analyze, analyzing is crucial in today’s society
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Genre analysis is a system of analysis by which observations are made on the repeated communicative functions found in genres and on the linguistic features of these functions (Brett, 1994). Genre knowledge played an important role in helping novices understand how to produce academics, professional or educational discourse. Genre study can help to improve Chinese students’ movie
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Film and literature are two media forms that are so closely related, that we often forget there is a distinction between them. We often just view the movie as an extension of the book because most movies are based on novels or short stories. Because we are accustomed to this sequence of production, first the novel, then the motion picture, we often find ourselves making value judgments about a movie, based upon our feelings on the novel. It is this overlapping of the creative processes that prevents us from seeing movies as distinct and separate art forms from the novels they are based on.
The most important thing in her life would turn out to be her boyfriend, even if she didn't know it at the time. Mia hovered over herself watching Adam clutching her hand. He seemed like he was begging her to stay, to stay with him. She felt the pain and the hurt if she stayed, but she also felt the happiness of staying. She was ripped from her state and was instantly laying in the hospital bed.
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The producers will develop a test and the audience will tell the producers whether it is something they want to see or they are not going to see. This can affect the next text to be produced in an attempt to conform to the audience demands. Looking at the development of different types of genres and the development of films within the same genre, it’s possible to look at similarities and differences and identify changes in society and audience ideologies and tastes.
To differentiate between the huge ranges of TV shows, viewers would usually make use of genre labels. Which helps them to identify each show. By doing this the viewer fulfils their viewer’s needs and preferences. Genres are normally defined through specific codes and conventions. These codes and conventions are agreed upon by the viewers and are used in practice by the film industry. Some of these codes and conventions are obvious through the titles and characters of TV shows. For example, a viewer that is
Genre theory is used to study films and put them into a classification so that audiences know what type of film it is before they see it. Genres are categories based on the story of the film, sometimes the actors and actresses, or even the directors. All films fall under a genre or sub-genre category. Romantic Comedy is an example of a genre which is light-hearted, humorous story involving people in love, sometimes overlapping with subgenres such as screwball comedy teen comedy, or gross-out comedy. ( Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2014, table 4.1). This paper will focus on the romantic comedy genre and movie Rocky. It will take a better look at the specific conventions of this genre and how this movie fits the gangster genre.
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Since there is no single interpretation of reality, it is crucial to understand how media texts are used in order to make sense of the world we live in. We have to try to understand the elements of language and culture, the form and context that shape the meanings that are available to us. The text is likely to be interpreted through genre (the different codes producers and audiences communicated with) and context, which are divide into 3 levels : The rest of the text, the genre of the text, the winder public context in which a text is circulated (McKee, 2001).