Monday, 27 March 2017

Genre Conventions

L/O: To explore genre codes & conventions.

Comedy

Genre conventions

Funny or awkward situations
Props, usually to hurt a character
Sound is very effective in comedy
Character types
Alchohol


Three famous directors in this genre are:
Edgar Wright
Simon Pegg
Seth Macfarlane

Three famous Actors/Actresses:
Simon Bird
Seth Rogan
Jack Black


Props: Stool and drink

Different character types: Office worker, mid life men etc.














Props: Baby, cup

Characters: Married couple and teenagers


No props



Different character types: Nerd, normie, weirdo and an idiot

Situation: four ex-students on holiday












I think teenagers would like The Inbentweeners movie due to it being very relatable to people in school.

Five ingredients:

Parties
Very funny
Mature Jokes
Slapstick
High production value



The inbetweeners movie deals with peer pressure.

Recipe for comedy trailer



Ingedients:

Fighting
A party
Alchohol
Some banter
Some dark banter
Some offensive banter
Group of male friends
The fit one
The dumb one
The smart one

Method:









Thursday, 23 March 2017

Film Genre

LO: To explore the concept of film genre

  • Horror
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Sci-fi
  • Thriller
  • Chick flicks
  • Musical
  • Lesbian
  • Crime
  • Western
  • Family
  • Adventure
  • Teen
  • Animation
  • Noir
  • Fantasy
Hybrid 
combination of two or more genres e.g. rom-com  

Sub Genre
A way of classifying types of film within a genre


Horror films


  • Scary movie- comedy horror
  • Insidious- Paranormal
  • Resident Evil- Monster
  • Alien- Monster
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre- killer
  • SAW V- gore 

Comedy:
21 & over
Inbetweeners
Joe & Caspar hit the road
Mac & Devin go to high school
The 40 year-old virgin
Kevin & Perry go large
The Dictator
Hot Fuzz
Shaun of the dead
The worlds end
American pie
The Hangover
Scary Movie
School of rock
Meet the Fockers
South Park: Longer, Better and Uncut
Haggard
Minghags
Jackass
CKY
Zombieland
Wayne's world

Sub-Genres
Parody
Black comedy
Satire
Slapstick



BBC School Report

Click here for link to final report