Thursday, 15 January 2009

Genre Research

In todays media lesson we had to research things for our chosen genre. E.G Iconography, narratives, setting, stock characters, who is the audience, which films of the same genre have earned alot of money, which editing techinques are used.


Our chosen genre was Teen Comedy


Iconography
School bell
Booze
Mobile phones
Make up
Cars
Sex

Narratives
College students trying to lose their viriginity before the graduate
Finding a date for the prom
Trying to find friends

settings
High school
Houses
Pubs/clubs
Cars (road trips)
Shopping malls
Motorway service station


How much films of the same genre have earned
Super bad ($121,463,226)
Mean girls($86,058,055)
American Pie ($145,103,595)
Juno ($143,495,265)
Clueless ($56,631,572)


Editing techniques
Fade
cut
match on action
180 degree rule


Audience
Teenage boys/girls

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