The document analyzes different film genres and the conventions associated with each. It provides examples of horror, crime, comedy/action, and action/thriller films and lists conventions visible in each, such as jump scares, murder, breaking the law, and gore. The document also notes that the genre helps set audience expectations for the type of film, with comedies intended to make audiences laugh.
The document analyzes different film genres and the conventions associated with each. It provides examples of horror, crime, comedy/action, and action/thriller films and lists conventions visible in each, such as jump scares, murder, breaking the law, and gore. The document also notes that the genre helps set audience expectations for the type of film, with comedies intended to make audiences laugh.
The document analyzes different film genres and the conventions associated with each. It provides examples of horror, crime, comedy/action, and action/thriller films and lists conventions visible in each, such as jump scares, murder, breaking the law, and gore. The document also notes that the genre helps set audience expectations for the type of film, with comedies intended to make audiences laugh.
TASK Horror US Jump scares, murder, blood, silence, music, dark lighting.
Crime Goodfellas Blood, guns, breaking the law,
gangsters, mafia.
Comedy/action The Hangover Not being able to remember
what happened the night before, random things happening as a consequence of the previous night, jump cuts, things go wrong.
Action/thriller John Wick Gore, violence, revenge, guns,
fighting,
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How does this help set audience
expectations of the film? The name of the genre sets the audiences expectations for it as when it is a comedy they want to be able to laugh and find things funny