Comparison Between The Simpsons and Futurama
The word genre can be used to describe several things such as books,
films and television programmes. It means the theme of the book,
e.t.c. and in the case of a film or programme means either horror,
thriller, comedy, romantic. It is important that a programme or film
makes clear what genre it is. For example, a horror should make you
cower in fear and a thriller should keep you on the edge of your seat.
In the case of a comedy, which I have chosen to compare, it must make
you cry with laughter. What genre a piece of media is, also helps you
to choose the things that you like. I have chosen to compare two
cartoon comedies, The Simpsons and Futurama. These are both popular
programmes and were also created by the same person (Matt Groening).
When an audience watches a comedy programme like one of these, they
expect to see the setting or characters, and a gag or joke to
introduce them to the theme. They also expect happy music rather than
sad or depressing, which would suit a soap opera for example.
Therefore the key conventions of a cartoon comedy are bright happy
scenes of the characters or setting and some slight comic acts.
Firstly, The Simpsons. The programme starts, by showing a blue sky
with a few clouds. As the clouds clear, "The Simpsons" slowly zooms
towards the screen and is sung by several voices. This happens at the
beginning of every episode and is expected by the audience as it is
like a "catchphrase" of the show. I feel this helps keep the audiences
watching as when they hear it sung, it automatically grabs their
attention, as it is such a famous saying. After that, the trad...
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... starts at their homes and rarely begins with an action scene and, the
characters own personalities help viewers "warm" to them. The main
differences however are as follows: they contain different props, they
are set at different times in different locations and the whole
general theme of the two are different. Also,in one programme all the
characters are from the same area but in the other programme they are
not e.g in "The Simpsons" every character is from Springfield. Another
thing, is that the comic act that occurs in the opening credits, (e.g.
the sofa scene in "The Simpsons"), happens at different times in the
opening credits. Finally, in the beginning of "The Simpsons" you see
the characters, and in "Futurama" you see the setting.
Overall these programmes are very popular and are great examples of
their genre.
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