Genre Conventions
This is for a film to be categorized/identified based on recurring images or people.
What is genre iconography?
This mise-en-scene element can reveal time period and genre.
What does ¨costume¨ reveal?
This shot type contains the main characters for the length of the shot and sets up the scene´s setting.
What does is the use of the Master Shot?
This is the most basic, common transition technique to instantly transition from one scene to the next.
What is the cut edit?
This sound type makes the plot clear to the audience, accelerate the story or tie up loose ends.
What is narration used for?
This genre has no specific setting.
What is the conventional setting of a ¨Crime Thriller" film?
This can have a profound impact on the meaning or tone of a film, revealing the emotions of a character as well.
What is the impact of costume?
In this shot type, the character may appear very small against the landscape, in a crowded setting, or in isolation.
What is a wide shot used for?
This transition is a common way to ease viewers in in the beginning or give a sense of closure at the end.
What is the fade to black edit used for?
Original music that is created for the film and plays at different points in the film.
What is ¨Score¨?
This type of genre involves people singing in everyday life situations.
What is a straight musical?
This lighting technique is used in dramas or dark stories.
What lighting technique is used in dramas or stories with dark themes?
This camera movement is thoughtfully designed b/w start and end take of music.
How is the ¨Whip Pan¨ designed?
This transition suggests that we are seeing the same character at two different point in their lives.
What is the ¨Match Cut¨ used to imply?
A recurring beat forming a pattern that may be rapid or slow, regular or irregular.
What is ¨Rhythm¨?
A love interest has to exist in this genre type, if not in others.
This lighting technique adds harshness and intensity for films with gritty tone.
This camera movement can visually reinforce the theme (or a reversal of power).
What is the use of the camera roll?
This technique creates meaning out of cinematic juxtaposition, visually reiterating larger themes.
What does the ¨Intellectual Montage¨ do?
The sound of a background crowd.
What is ¨Walla¨?
The themes of this genre are conventionally heartwarming and biographical.
What are the thematic conventions of the ¨Sports¨ genre?
This reveals character traits through facial expressions body language, tone + voice.
What is acting or performance intended to show?
This camera movement adds dynamic movement even when characters are standing still, keeping focus on subject.
What does an arc shot do?
A shot of a specific prop or detail for emphasis.
What is an ¨insert¨?
Simultaneous or consecutive musical notes, which sound harsh and unpleasant.
What is ¨Dissonance¨?