Genre Research Task

A genre is something that categories a movie so for example scream for would be in the horror genre so this makes it easier for the audience to find and watch because most people have a certain type of genre they like meaning a they would only watch movies in a certain category for example i mainly like action movie so i would look in the action genre and find a movie that relates to something i like.

Advantages

• it can offer comforting reassurance in an uncontrollable world
• it offers a set of easily recognisable conventions like a language
• it was seen as a strategy used by producers to ensure audience identification and reduce the risk of a film failing
• genre can be seen as a way of working through importance myths and fears
• genre is not static but is constantly changed over time depending on what audience prefer

Disadvantages

• We should be understanding how a film text functions in relation to genre, rather than being defined by them
• we should acknowledge that a genres features will depend on the audience own understanding

The genre for our movie is horror and back in the 1900 the horror genre was famous and popular then any other genre, the first full horror movie was in 1931 which was Dracula. This was a famous movie about vampires and killing poeple which made the audience want more and this created the horror genre.

Filmography
Movie title -  Dracula
Director(s) - Tod Brownin & Karl Freund
Year Relesed/Created- 1931

Bibliography
Books name - Dracula
Auther - Bram Stoker
Year Released - 1897


 The reson why our movie is a horror because it will include killing, blood and other horror elements and the reason we picked this genre is because it is a famous genre and there is always one/two movies released every year on horror. Our movie would mostly relate to Childs play because of the killing, violence and the fact no-one suspects the most innocent. our movie will preferably appeal to audience of the age of 15/18 because of these sorts for elements but this age rating and element appeal in most horror movies but be set out in different ways, our one will be set out differently but will include these sort of element.

Filmography

Movie title -  Child's Play

Director(s) - Tom Holland

Year Relesed/Created- 1988