Defining a Movie Genre

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Genres are categories of type of films, categorized in specific styles or subject maters, some genre stay single in a movie and other movies have a mixed range of genres. Uncovering the genre of a movie before viewing would reveal the movies subject matter and suitability. For example a crime/drama movie may start with a drama start but because the movie displays its genre the viewers will know eventually later on the movie will begin to involve crime scenes, what also defines the what genre it is, is the certain stock characters and dramatic situations associated with a specific category, such as a mobster having family issues.

Those to watch movies have their own interest in particular genres, so categorizing it is a simple way to promote the movie to a particular audience. Genre also defines what type of emotional you will get out of the movie, a comedy will be funny so it will make people laugh also usually puts people in a better mood then they was or horror where it will scare people, people find it entertaining to frighten, for some people this mainly an younger audience, to be scared to sleep.

What defines a genre varies, props, locations etc. For example for location, western genre movies would usually have a western type location giving it that western type feel, portraying frontier life in the American West during 1600s to contemporary times. For a musical genre what would define it being that type of movie is the consistency of music performed every now and then, performed music that go with the storyline, sometimes those performing would look into the camera but wouldn’t when it came to filming scenes.

Also genres that are made for a particular amount of viewers at a time like family movies, what defines a family ...

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...Exorcist (1973), although it was a possessed girl with a demon controlling but as of the acting people may of found a young girl using such language as taken far. Health – characters don’t eat healthy, they smoke, and they drink? Example movie for this would be the movie “Blow” where there is a major drug use from many drugs; the movie glorifies the drugs at some points which may lead viewers to want to experience the effect.

Genre I will choose and to show what make it that genre will be ‘Crime’, different to film noir so it’s not mistaken, crime movies are more involved in those who are doing the crimes lifestyle and what they go through, how they got into that side of making money. Crime movies usually involve violence, bad language, money and drugs. Cinematography and editing will have to use correctly for the audience to get a depth feel as well as visually.

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