Film Genre Essay

The Film “Delicatessen”: A parody of apocalyptic genre The Film “Delicatessen” is where comedy, psycho-horror, cannibalism and romance all intertwine within one another. Set in a fictional small-town post-apocalyptic France, although this film never addresses whatever political conflict or natural catastrophe might have led to this apocalypse in the first place as one critic points out (Tobias). A population is devastated by the effects of famine and must resort to rationing and, cannibalism. Circus

feature film seven samurai uses aspects of Japanese samurai film genre to influence the viewing audience. The film directed by Akira Kurosawa, has a storyline of a lost samurai, responding to a villages appeal for defence against vicious bandits. The main character Kambei gathers another six samurai to help. They teach the peasants of the village to defend themselves, as the film climaxes into an epic fight of samurai, peasants and 40 bandits. The movie uses features of Japanese samurai films such as

having a variative genre but there is also films that have same genre from each other. If we take a deep look into films nowadays, there is a common genre that used by writter to make a story. That genre is Investigation. Many film in TV use that genre. For example: CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Castle and many again. Some other writter use an investigation genre with adding another genre like horror or comedy that in films iZombie. iZombie and Castle have a similarity in genre. Both of that movie

Conventional: Combining Genre in Kelly's Donnie Darko While planning an evening at the cinema, individuals do not discuss the specific guidelines of genre while deciding the film of choice. A reason for seeing a Western is never because the genre has evolved from primarily racist films involving cowboys and Indians to movies that vindicate Indians and work toward demythologizing the old West. Similarly, broad generalizations of genre are constantly used to categorize film. Courtship-Romance Musicals

In the film Umrao Jaan, the story is narrated by a woman who was kidnapped at a young age. Umrao Jaan is a “courtesan” genre film in Bollywood. This genre often portrays the life of a courtesan. In this film, A young girl (whose name is Amiran) is abducted by her father’s enemy and sold to a brothel where she learns to read, write, sing, and dance. She becomes an accomplished courtesan; in a song sequence which compromises time, we see her grow up while learning how to sing and dance. This song marks

science fiction is one of films oldest and beloved popular genres in film history (cuebon.com). For a science fiction film all it takes is a fragment of “non realistic” qualities and it can be considered science fiction. Science Fiction and actual Science hold complementary positions in the scheme of things. Over the years we have witnessed science fiction undergo the basic standards of what a science fiction movie should be. From simple animation to large scale blockbuster films that will generate over

The crime fiction genre fictionalises crime, their detections, victims, criminals and motives. The movie ‘Colombiana’ directed by Olivier Megaton that was released in 2011, strongly suits the genre of crime as of the result of the incorporation of the variety of features from the genre that were effectively portrayed throughout the film. These efficient features include the use of, an excessive motive, constant use of weaponry and murder. The Colombiana has portrayed the most common feature of

Genre categorization is important because it helps to organize and classify movies. People make a lot of decisions based on the genre of the film; this is one of the main ways in which audiences select what movie to see. Most genres follow the same theme, story formula, setting, and story formula. If every genre followed the same set of rules one would think that after awhile these movies would become predictable and therefore lose its spark. There is also the notion that people and society change

Genre and Genre Film Introduction to Film Rachel Kamrowski Instructor Day 5/2/2016 Genre Theory is used in the categorization of films. Genres are dependent on various factors such as story line, whom the director is, and what are the audience expectations In using genre theory we create a short cut in how we describe films. Genres are categorized into and then sub categorized depending on the story and plot. Fantasy is a genre described as, “Any film with obviously unreal, magical, or impossible

stereotypical Western film’, the film would most certainly have shaped the mould for what the stereotypical western was to become. Being one of the largest early Western films to release, the film’s once relatively unique storyline and thematic content have become subject to being replicated in more recent Western films. Therefore, when comparing the film to the now conventional Western, it should serve moreso as a critique of the unoriginality of those that contributed to the genre following The Searchers