Eng 225 introduction to film
- Review the Modeled Discussion
. - Read any required and recommended reading materials for this week, especially Chapter 4 from your text and the articles by Grant and Wright.
- Review the grading rubric for this discussion.
- Select a full-length film from the AFI 10 Top 10 list(Links to an external site.).
Reflect
Genre, a category of artistic production characterized by similarities in composition and style, is a term used to discuss literature, music, art, and film. It is particularly useful in critical applications because it distinguishes a work within a context of similar works. In film, we are familiar with certain broad genre categories such as horror, science-fiction, romance, and drama.
Understanding genre helps provide the viewer with certain expectations about film. For instance, the film The Conjuring trailer (Version 2) (Links to an external site.) is of the horror genre and thus can be discussed in context with other horror films. More specifically, it is of the sub-genre, supernatural horror, so it can be discussed in context with, say, The Exorcist trailer (Links to an external site.). Making this distinction enables the audience to situate their reaction within a particular framework.
Write
In this discussion
- Identify a film and classify it according to its genre (or sub-genre). Include a link(s) to a trailer or scene(s) from the film. You may choose to continue with a film you have already discussed.
- Discuss the conventions that are typical in films of that genre (or sub-genre).
- Explain how this specific film meets the expectations of its genre.
Include the name or partial name of the film you identified in the “Subject” line of your discussion. Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
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Frankenstein (Horror Film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN8K-4osNb0
In the film Frankenstein, there are several conventions which qualify the movie in the genre of horror. To begin with, the intended effect of the film on its audience enables it to have qualities of the horror genre (White, 1971). The film exhibits twists of shock and suspense to the audience in several ways. The scenes have well-articulated subdivisions which are distinctive and effectively relate to the subject matter, the style, and the way the narration happens.
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