Genre:blog tasks

 Task 1: Genre factsheets

Read Media Factsheet 03 - Genre: Categorising texts and answer the following questions:

1) What example is provided of why visual iconographies are so important?

The example provided to show why visual iconographies are so important is in the differences between star trek and star wars in the sci-fi genre 

2) What examples are provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre?

The examples provided to show the importance of narrative in identifying genre are Soap operas and Sit-coms versus action storylines

3) What are the different ways films can be categorised according to Bordwell? 

Period or Country, e.g. US films of the 1930s

•  Director / Star, e.g. Ben Stiller Films

• Technical Process, e.g. Animation

• Style, e.g. German Expressionism;

• Series, e.g. Bond;

• Audience

4) List three ways genre is used by audiences.

prior knowledge of the genre to anticipate whether or not they are likely to enjoy a text,compare a text through its shared characteristics with another and reject a text. For many of us there will be genres we actively dislike and therefore will avoid accessing texts we assume to hold those

characteristics.

5) List three ways genre is used by institutions or producers

Production,Attracting an Audience,Marketing Texts

Read Media Factsheet 126 - Superheroes: A Genre Case Study and answer the following questions:

1) List five films the factsheet discusses with regards to the Superhero genre.

Avengers Assemble (2013),approach. Scott Pilgrim (2010),Chronicle (2012) and Super (2010),Gotham

2) What examples are provided of how the Superhero genre has reflected the changing values, ideologies and world events of the last 70 years?

1940s, Superman reflects the event of WW2 which began in 1939 and the US people saw it at first as a European issue feeling forced to fight although they didnt want to, economic depressions happened when the character of lex luthor appeared in d  in the 1930s then the 1978 film for DC,in the later 20th century ideas of good and evil/hero and villain/right and wrong become less clear and less certain shown through the intro of the marvel character two face

3) How can Schatz's theory of genre cycles be applied to the Superhero genre?

Innovation: The visual codes for the superhero genre were largely established via the comic books.

Classical: By the 1950s the superhero genre could be seen to be in its classical stage with the codes and conventions beingnreplicated in the film and TV programmes of the time.

Parody: Batman (1966) was intentionally funny and camp and wouldn’t let its audience take the superhero too seriously.

Deconstruction: Superman (1978) started a new cycle in the superhero genre with technology leading the innovation with special effects creating more realistic visual ‘miracles’.

The Cycle Continues: After 1997’s Batman and Robin received a less than positive reception, the genre again needed to deconstruct and re-innovate. The next stage of the genre’s development was the rise of Marvel Studios with The X Men (2000) and Spider-Man in 2002

Task 2: Genre analysis case study

Carry out your own genre analysis using the model provided by media theorist Daniel Chandler. Choose a film or TV text and answer the following questions - brief answers/bullet point responses are fine:

General
1) Why did you choose the text you are analysing?

It made me cry
2) To what genre did you initially assign the text?

Action thriller
3) What is your experience of this genre?

One of my favorites
4) What subject matter and basic themes is the text concerned with?

relationships,abuse,education,poverty,gangs,mental health 
5) How typical of the genre is this text in terms of content?

Although clearly a thriller it presents itself within a school setting seeming more like a slice of life than a thriller, in terms of action it is quite typical as it has the steriotypical weak main character who aims to get stronger and the side character who is fighting alongside them whos already stronger.However the use of maths when fighting by the main character and its physical representation was very interesting and attention grabbing to me.
6) What expectations do you have about texts in this genre?

To have me at the edge of my seet unsure of the direction the text may take and to in some way be unique to previous text following this genre

7) Have you found any formal generic labels for this particular text (where - try imdb.com if unsure)?

Revenge,youth,school bullying,anger issues,bromance,self sabotage
8) Which conventions of the genre do you recognize in the text?

The blossoming friendship between the 3 ain characters encompase the theme of bromance and bullying as the 2 try to take care of the other,Revenge conventions is shown through the stereotypical bully getting beaten up then going to his gang/friends in/outside school and having them collectively pick on the person who humiliated them.
9) To what extent does this text stretch the conventions of its genre?

Through the main relationships being more pivotal than the action taking place
10) Where and why does the text depart from the conventions of the genre?

The main character.this is due to one of the main conflict being between his 2 friends in terms of arguements
11) Which conventions seem more like those of a different genre (and which genre(s))?

The use of relationships could easily lead someone to unintentionally characterise this as a slice of life at first 

12) What familiar motifs or images are used?
The clicking pen to signify his anger
Mode of address
1) What sort of audience did you feel that the text was aimed at (and how typical was this of the genre)?

I feel it was aimed at south korean teenagers to highlight the impact your own insecurities and actions can have on another if you allow it to be taken too far 
2) What assumptions seem to be made about your class, age, gender and ethnicity?

your an middle/lower class teen boy between the ages of 16-18 from south korea so your able to relate to the custos of kareoke bars,friendships,working whilst juggling school and knowing how to fight for yourself 
3) What interests does it assume you have?
an intererest in martial arts,physics,cooking,education,politics

Relationship to other texts
1) What intertextual references are there in the text you are analysing (and to what other texts)? Intertextuality is when a media product references another media text of some kind.

This piece of media was directly based off of the webtoon comic so i would say that 
2) In terms of genre, which other texts does the text you are analysing resemble most closely?

All of us are dead
3) What key features are shared by these texts?

both texts highlight the theme violence

4) What major differences do you notice between them?

One focuses on the thrill and action of scenrios which could happen to the everyday person within reason wheras the other takes place in a world where zombies exist