In a day in age where we live in a vast multimedia culture, content is supplied to us through distinct and diverse outlets including video, animation, audio, and text. Within these outlets comes more a defined set of media. Text is anything you can read which includes books, magazines, newspapers, and advertisements. Audio on the other hand is anything you can listen to which includes podcasts, music, and radio. Once you get down to these specific levels, a higher classification level is required in order to define, describe, and organize types of compositions. This requires genre which is a subcategory of media or entertainment that is established and defined by certain heterogeneous characteristics.
A movie is a video composition, however
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The first is genre elements, these are what the audience predicts or expects to happen when they experience a genre (Bedford 14). Since Game of Thrones is a fantasy genre, one might expect to see mythical creatures like dragons, a fight between good and evil, and the setting be in a mythical place like the two continents of Westeros and Essos. The second convention is style (Bedford 14). This is the way the genre is communicated through tone, voice, and academic sources. This occurs in Game of Thrones as it has a medieval style synonymous to the fantasy genre. The third genre convention is design (Bedford 15). This is how the genre is visually presented to the viewer. This includes colours, illustrations, format, and modeling. Game of Thrones utilizes a muted and dull color pallet in their presentation and a very distinct font which the viewer comes to expect from a fantasy. The final genre convention is sources (Bedford 15). This is what the authors or creators of a particular genre utilize for inspiration or are influenced by. For Game of Thrones, the authors probably took inspiration from classic fantasies like the Lord of the Rings trilogy in creating their own fantasy …show more content…
The character Melisandre is a red priestess under the Lord of Light who uses both genre specific aspects of magic and supernatural forces. She has the ability to use fire magic, perceive visions, is immune to poison, and can resurrect people. Other supernatural forces in the show come from the many gods that societies put their faith in. These include the Faith of the Seven which is the dominant religion in the seven kingdoms, the drowned god, the old gods of the forest, the many-faced god, the storm god,, and the god of the sea. Mythical creatures also appear in the show, some pertinent to the plotline. These include giants, dragons, harpies, ice spiders, snarks, shadows, wights, and the Children of the Forest. Ancient Legends are also a complication for the seven kingdoms as White Walkers, a mythical race foretold in ancient stories, are inching closer and closer to traversing the wall and wreaking havoc upon the seven kingdoms. It is told they slay everything in their path and turn their victims into reanimated corpses to become their
In Kerry Dirk’s informal article “Navigating Genres,” originally published in Writing Spaces in 2010, Dirk states that genres are rhetorical responses to reoccurring situations. He begins by defining genre at its most basic form, as well as in a rhetoric context. He refers to popular culture, including country music, to further his discussion from scholars to personal experience to make students aware of how to view writing rhetorically. He also explains that students are often familiar with many genres without even knowing it. They participate in these genres through everyday activities like emails and texting. Dirk also states all genres are important because they shape our everyday lives. There are also rules that are associated with genres,
1. What does “musical style” mean? Genre is the type of music. Style is how you sing it.
A film genre is a motion picture category based on similarities in either the narrative elements or the emotional response to the film. While films have at least one major genre, there are a number of films that are considered crossbreeds or hybrids with three or four coinciding genre or sub-genre types that they can be identified with them and most can be filed into categories that are easily recognizable to audiences (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 1998, p. 4.1). However, ever so seldom a film comes along that breaks free of its invisible bounds of genre and it leaves the audiences confused about the actual existence of genre. One such film is a film that most are familiar with Steven Spielberg’s classic Saving Private Ryan.
Popular genres have changed over the
There are a wide array of genres, including n Each genre has a specific goal and style of writing. The Smart Therapist: A Look to the Future of Smartphones and mHealth Technologies in Psychotherapy by Bonnie A. Clough and Leanne M. Casey falls into the professional genre. This article focuses on how smartphones can help mental health and what the future of the industry looks like. Many genres exist that hold the truth and main goal is to entertain or inform readers, all genres have four major characteristics: a specific rhetorical purpose, content, structure, and linguistic features.
If you were to ask a Muse fan the question, “What genre are Muse?” most would either tell you that they’re some form of alternative or that they simply don’t know. The reason for this is because over 22 years and 7 studio albums, along with a smattering of B-Sides attached to singles, Muse have never really defined themselves as one genre. Muse, of course, are not the only band that defy being confined to a single genre, The White Stripes and Led Zeppelin come to mind. This raises the question; how do we define bands that span multiple genres?
This week I learned a lot about music and the different genres. The first genre I learned about was Motown. The Motown Sound is a style of soul music with original characteristics, including tambourine, drums, bass instrumentation, a distinctive melodical and chord structure, and a "call and response" singing style originating in gospel. The second genre I leaned about was Blues. Blues is a genre originated by African Americans in the South of the United States around the late 19th century. This genre emerged from roots in African musical traditions. Blues included spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, etc. The third genre, which I found most interesting and amusing was Psychedelic. Psychedelic music was influenced by the 1960s psychedelic culture, a subculture of people who used drugs such as LSD, mushrooms and DMT to experience visual and auditory hallucinations and altered states of
Genre is a pivotal factor in regards to any type of writing, whether it be about business, science, or even fashion (see Bawarshi; Berkenkotter & Huckin; Pare; Winsor). Almost all of the people who write about writing share a similar opinion that the genre a person writes in has control over their dictation and form. Although a business document may have a variety of points that must be included (see Berkenkotter & Huckin), it is clear that all genres differ within themselves (see Pare). Based on the ideals of a group and/or society, the form and content of any given document may change. A person writing a review of Fall/Winter 2016 Fashion Show of Michael Kors from London may include details regarding color, fit, texture, technique, and overall aesthetic, while a writer from the United States may not go into as much detail and may focus on simpler, more basic factors for the semi-interested people of the United States, such as color and fit.
genre: Genre: Literary ““Literature is first identifiable by its subject matter. The subject of literature is human experience. With enough vivid details the reader can relive the experience. (Wilhoite & Ryken, effective bible teaching, 2nd edition. 12 Digital media ,2012, baker academic, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
"Genre," in the most generic definition, takes the meaning "kind; sort; style" (OED). Prior to the term's inception, the notion of genre in the study of media emerged in The Poetics, with Aristotle's discussion of the mode or manner of imitation in poetry. Of this Aristotle writes, "the medium being the same, and the objects [of imitation] the same, the poet may imitate by narration - in which case he can either take another personality as Homer does, or speak in his own person, unchanged - or he may present all his characters as living and moving before us" (Aristotle, 53). Here lies the distinction between epic, lyric, and drama, a distinction based solely in convention, the usage of the medium,
You would be hard pressed to find a more expressive form of self-expression than what can be offered through music. Despite there only being 21 different notes that can be played in our modern understanding of music performance, we can convey all ranges of emotions through this unique medium. Music can help make us feel elation for our favorite sports team beating their rivals, cope with a harrowing loss of a loved one, or simply enjoy the passage of time throughout the day. As such a capable instrument for expression, it is not surprising that there are seemingly endless genres of music that are available for anyone to listen to. As music has evolved along with culture, genres have expanded upon
more the desire of the public viewing audience to have an idea of the type of
Characteristics of the genre adventure, consist of a heroic protagonist, a journey or quest, unusual locations, and action and danger. Characteristics of the genre realistic fiction consist of events that could happen in real life, and the themes represent human experiences.
The visual style of video game can very on a huge scale. Each game will have a different style including terrain, architecture & objects. These combined will make each game unique. Video games have featured terrain since the earliest 3D games were made. Terrain is the entire landscape of the game this can include Hills, Plains & Mountains. These would all be created to match the visual style of the game. E.g. if you were creating terrain for Skyrim it would be set in the past so the building would look old and broken the terrain will have high mountains and lots of trees. . The terrain would be the Look and feel of the scene/world that the game is based in e.g. time zones, location, areas. There are millions of different terrains that can
The first question asked in the readings and discussions that we went through in class is what exactly is the meaning of genre. To me personally, the word “genre is it describes either a novel, film, video game or music by certain generic ideas or “rules” of what defines that specific genre. Stories can be described through narrative forms, such as if the writing piece is either a short story, a novel or even a poem or narration. Also, stories can even be characterized by either similar themes or settings and/or if they follow a certain structure such as if a book is either defined as comedy or drama.