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    Genre can be defined in many different ways. The word genre is something that can be very flexible; it’s not something that is classified under a rigid definition. Genre is the way you separate different things into different categories; it’s how you classify items based on something that they have in common. Also, there are many different digital artifacts that can be categorized into many different genres; basically anything can be put into a genre; my digital artifact, which is a Kobe Bryant tweet

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    Genres of Movies Movie theater tickets have become increasingly more expensive in recent years. As a result, movie genres that offer a broad range of entertainment and stimulation can make the theater going experience more worthy of the ticket price. Some of the more popular movie genres today are mysteries, science fiction, romantic comedies, animation, documentaries and horror films. Although all of these movie genres may be enjoyed in a theater, horror movies are more worth the ticket price because

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    The War Film Genre

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    The war film genre includes films about warfare, including naval, air or land battles. Films in this genre may focus on the battles, prisoners of war, military training, life during wartime or morality and humanitarian issues of warfare. This genre commonly includes works of fiction, works based on historical facts and occasionally works based on alternate-history fiction. According to American Cinema/American Culture, the genre also includes four narrative elements: the suspension of morality during

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    According to John Fiske, “Television as a culture is a crucial part of the social dynamics.” Indeed any television genre is based on apparent similarities, differences and on expectations as well as assumptions shared by the viewers. It is also a cross-cultural translatability as it is understood in a diversity of contexts and markets. According to Graeme Burton (2000), the genre study leads to understanding of audience pleasures and revelation of cultural myths. Also an understanding of finance

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    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

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    The modern day person encounters a plethora of genres in their everyday life. Whether going to the grocery store or watching television, people are surrounded by the genres of branding, music, twitter posts, Facebook statuses, and so much more. While it is true that we are impacted by the world of genre around us each day, it is also true that many people do not know what genre is. Genre is the expression of people’s thoughts, ideas, or emotions, towards a target audience, that can be separated into

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    Mutation of the Horror Genre Horror can be defined as a genre meant to psychologically trigger individual fear with the presence of certain supernatural or abstract characteristics. The genre is dependent on people’s fascination with unrealism and the sensation that comes from experiencing fear personified into tangible elements on a screen. Horror films have thrilled audiences for decades, revealing stories of the more sinister parts of life. The popular allure that stems from the genre comes from the

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    A haziness exists when classifying the genre of a film, as they are often determined and shaped by the film industry, scholars, advertisement, merchandise, and audience members with various opinions. Genres are classified by examining elements that are repeated in other films of the same genre, including reoccurring themes, plots, characters, and emotional responses. As Professor McHugh explained in lecture, “genre is a process” as it “is always unfolding and changing depending on audiences’ expectations

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    Genre Theory Genre Theory definitions of genres tend to be based on the notion that they constitute particular conventions of content and/or form which are shared by the texts which are regarded as belonging to them. The movie The Notebook is a romance drama movie. Some of the plot keywords are second chances, summer love, and promise. The Notebook The Notebook is a story and how this boy and this girl met lost each other and then one another again. Its starts out with someone rowing

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    musical genre, reggae, was originally coined in the 1960s. Derived from rege-rege – Jamaican for “rags or ragged clothing” – the genre was used to describe the raggedy music style found in Jamaica at the time. Reggae incorporates the traditional Jamaican music such as mento and ska, rhythm & blues, and rocksteady. Ska characteristics such as the walking bass line of the guitar and piano off-beats are used in reggae. However, ska is much faster than reggae, so the use of rocksteady in the genre slows

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