How to represent Genre

1. Film - What genre is the film?

- What is the style of the film?

- Who are the audiences?

- Think about the storyline

2. Mise En Scene (MES) - Lighting

- Music

- Position of characters & objects

- Font/colour (credits)

- How is it presented? (credits)

Film opening title sequence -

Here are some examples of Thriller movies and how they represent genre

The Exorcist

- Music brings tension

-Flashing lights

- Actors names in the bottom corner of the screen so it doesn't take away the action from the scene

- From the opening sequence you can see that it is about a girl being possessed (it is shown by the characters talking and the pries that is shown)

- About religion

- OTS shows that there isn't going to be blood and gory

- Audience - For people who enjoy this genre

- People who have heard about it in the media

- The title 'The Exorcist' the 'x' changes into a crucifix, which shows that it is religious

- There is a shadow behind the font - showing two people

- Credits shown on each staircase as we go up

- Dark colours to represent thriller

Se7en

- Scary music - shows that the film is twisted - music also builds up to show tension - scratching sounds are used

- Scary images - Give us a clue of the plot

- Actors names flash up - shown on a black background - lower case lettering for names

- Colour red to show evil/danger/blood

- Images flash up on the screen to show suspence

- From the opening sequence you can see that it is about someone who is killing someone/planning it/trophies shown/ done because of God

- Objects detectives might have - Scissors

- Needles

- Blade

- Documents

- The film title has difference font styles - flashes up - words flash up so you cant read it in time, makes you feel like you need to watch it all to find out

Texas Chain Saw Masacre (1974)                 

- From the opening sequence, you can tell that the film is about death/massacre/including a chain saw - also known from the title of the film

- Images of dead people flash up on the screen

- Audience for this film, would be adults who enjoy gorey films

- Flashing images from a camera is used/ a crime investigator is taking images of the dead people

- The colour of red shows evil/blood/danger

- A radio in the background tells you what has gone on, the images also show you this

- The sound of digging in the background when the dead bodies are shown - The noise of a camera going off - slow motion

- The title is in bold writing (the colour yellow stands out on the black/red background)

- Red images give you differnet images of what it could be


Dracula

- Music brings tension

- Red font shows danger/blood/evil

- Crucifix symbolises religion

- Black images of people fighting - against a red background

- Music starts agai nwhen Dracula is in Church and sees his fiance dead - it brings back the tension whe he starts going mad

- A lot of screaming to show anger

- The Crucifix image shows a dark side and a light side - shows two halfs

- Helmet of Dracula shows a symbol of a devil, to show he is evil