T1 W1 Homework: Genre Study

 Genre Study

ConceptQuestions
GenreHow is genre signalled quickly? (conventions used)
NarrativeLinear? Open ending? Restricted?
Media LanguageCamera, editing, sound choices
RepresentationWho is shown? How? Why?
AudienceWho is this for? How do we know?


Concept Questions
Genre Coming of age, drama.
- This genre is signalled through the montage at the beginning of the teenager getting ready.
- The plot itself is very coming-of-age
Narrative The narrative is linear, following a select timeline, despite the implications of time travel in the short film. It follows Todorov's theory.
Equilibrium: The student has an exam.
Disruption: The student misses the bus and is late for the exam.
Recognition: The student meets an old man and they both recognize this. The student talks about a watch inherited from her grandfather who died.
Repair: The grandfather fixes the student's watch magically and winds back time.
New Equilibrium: The student does not miss her exam.
Media Language Camera work may use close-ups to show Sam’s emotions and slow pacing to create intimacy. Soft lighting and gentle sound design help establish a reflective, emotional tone.
Representation Age: old age is represented through the grandfather, and youthfulness through the student.
Audience The film is aimed at teenagers and adults who enjoy emotional, character-driven stories. The slow pace and focus on themes of family and identity suggest an audience interested in drama and fantasy realism.






Concept Questions
Genre Genre is signalled through the opening screen. The cold colouring, glitchy news report signals that this is a dystopian movie. 
Narrative The narrative is linear, showing the horrors the main character has to face as she goes by her day-to-day life. The main character narrates what is going on, how she has to take a pill each day to forget the last. The narrative follows:
Equilibrium: Ignorant bliss, the main character takes a pill each day,
Disruption: The main character does not take her pill for the day.
Recognition: The main character sees all the destruction around her.
Repair: The main character runs back home in fear and takes the pill to forget.
New Equilibrium: Return to ignorant bliss.
Media Language The score in the beginning raises tension, signalling that something is wrong with it's repeating notes, similar to an alarm. 
Representation Gender: through the girl being the main character.
Class and status: the main character is portrayed to be middle-class.
Audience The film is aimed at teenagers and adults who enjoy dystopian films. Fans of films such as the Hunger Games and Divergent are a target audience.






Concept Questions
Genre Genre is immediately signaled in the beginning with the tense music, as a crime drama. The man's all-black attire and beanie, stereotypes of a robber, also signal this to the audience quickly.
Narrative The narrative is linear, and follows the failed thief as he goes through a character arc in the span of 4 minutes.
Media Language Sound: The audience is immediately hit with an loud, action-type non-diegetic soundtrack as the scene opens.
Camera-angle: The robber is seen trying to gather the courage to rob the gas station, but his confidence fails him.
Representation Stereotypically, robbers are male. This film defies that stereotype.
Audience The film is aimed at teenagers and adults who enjoy crime dramas and comedies.

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