PART TWENTY

GENRE, AUDIENCES AND INSTITUTIONS

 

 WHY IS GENRE A RELEVANT CONCEPT FOR AUDIENCES?

Genre is important to film audiences because the audience need to be interested and engaged in the genre in order to watch the film and enjoy it.

 

HOW DOES GENRE AFFECT FILM PRODUCTION COMPANIES (THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE THE MOVIE)?

When the production companies are marketing and studying cinema, it is important for them to know who the intended audience are so that it engages them and helps them to relate to certain producers so that forthcoming movies will be successful as the audience will be interested in them after seeing the previous one.
 

 

 WHY IS THE GENRE USEFUL FOR FILM DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES (THE COMPANIES THAT MARKET AND ADVERTISE FILMS)

 

 The distributor charges a distribution fee so it is very important to choose the distributor who is the most suitable for your specific genre. Movie makers need to study each platform in order to find the demographic that will be most receptive to their movie, for example, "On Demand", the audience is typically more female-skewed and a bit older, so films that can be marketed as more of a thriller than a hardcore horror film will perform better for this distributor. Whereas, "Digital HD", skews younger and is more likely to do a lot better with R-rated horror especially platforms/distributors such as Xbox.

PART NINETEEN

Gathering Ideas For Thriller Opening Scene

This short clip from the movie "RAIN FOR MORGAN" gave us, as a group, inspiration for our opening scene. This beautifully serene yet eery image of a woman drowning creates an atmosphere of serenity and mystery for the audience. Mystery is one of the things which my group and I are hoping to achieve in our own short clip of a woman committing suicide.

This lake photo is ideally the sort of set we are hoping for as the campers arrive and set up their tents. 

Genre Difference, Repetition and Similarity

PART EIGHTEEN

THRILLERS

The Thriller genre is different from most other genres because on the surface many of them look entirely different from each other. 

 

 

FOR EXAMPLE:  

 Saw 1 & Sherlock Holmes

  Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. (128 mins.)

Director: Guy Ritchie

Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong

 With a dead body lying between them, two men wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who's been nicknamed "Jigsaw". The men must follow various rules and objectives if they wish to survive and win the deadly game set for them. (103 mins.)

Director: James Wan

Stars: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung

Genres - detailed

PART SEVENTEEN

GENRES

A STYLE OR CATEGORY OF ART, MUSIC OR LITERATURE.

"the spy thriller is a very masculine genre"

SYNONYMS:

category class, classification, group, grouping, bracket, head, heading, list, listing, set;

 

EXAMPLES OF FILM GENRES: 

Action and adventure  

Animation 

Biopics  

Bollywood  

Comedy  

Crime  

Documentary  

Drama  

Family  

Horror  

Music documentary  

Musicals  

Period and historical

Romance   

Science fiction and fantasy   

Short films   

Sport   

Thriller   

War films   

Westerns  

World cinema

 

 

 

THREE THINGS THAT THRILLER FILMS HAVE IN COMMON:

1. The protagonist will fall victim to someone else’s scheme and get stuck in a moment of dread.

2. The protagonist will feel grief, false hope, heartaches, anxiety and near-death experiences.

3. Pacing must be high: Strong Narrative Thrust. 





 

 

  PART SIXTEEN

•180 DEGREE RULE –

In this example, the two characters appear to have swapped places when the 180 degree line is crossed.