Genre
Subject Overview
Students are introduced to the concept of genres, what a genre is and how genres help to categorise films. Students will explore sci-fi, action, horror and romantic comedy genres and gain a basic understanding of what ‘genre conventions’ are. They will learn how to recognise particular conventions across different films belonging to a specific genre. Students will gain insight into hybrid genres to understand that genre is a fluid concept and also learn that some films deviate from what is expected of its genre by using conventions from different genres.
Duration
- Contact Hours: 3 hours per week
- Total Hours: 30
- Duration: 10 weeks
Aims
- Explore the concept of ‘genre’ and how this is related to audience expectations of a film
- Examine the idea of conventions and how each genre is made up of specific conventions
- Identify conventions across various texts as a means to identify its genre
- Compare genres and recognise the differences between conventions used
- Consider concepts of sub-genres; that genre conventions can overlap to create a different genre