film studies lesson 5

in our 5th lesson we went over the meaning and response.

  • genre and narrative
  • character
  • setting
  • aesthetic qualities

we also went over all the key elements for example cinematography, mise-en-scene, sound and editing.

finally we watched a short clip from the film ‘No country for old men’ and wrote a bit on characters.

film studies lesson 2

Genre

We learned about different Genres also how they can be used and how they can changed so efficiently. Genre is a term used to categorise media texts according to a set of common characteristics or conventions.

Sub Genre is a smaller genre within a large genre

Hybrid=multiple genres used inside one project

Different Types of genres:

  • horror
  • comedy
  • adventure
  • action
  • romcon
  • western
  • sci fi