Background to Genre
-Genre refers to the method on similiartitiesin the narrative elements from which films are constructed
-Theres lots of debate when it comes to defining genr or catorgarising genres
-Turned into subgenres eg legal drama
-Genres are formed by conventions that change over time as new genres are invented an dthe use of old ones are discontinued eg western
-Mude up by Aristotle and Plato
Defining Genre
-Genre originated from the classification systems
-There were 3 different categories - poetry, drama and proes
Conventions of Genre
-Comedy, Sci Fi, Action, Romance, War, Horror
-Music/Actors depend on the genre of the text
Analysing Genre
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