Aspects of Genre
The assessment requires that one of these three key aspects of a media genre should be discussed.
What are changes in the genre, audience expectations, and commercial considerations?
To achieve "critical understanding," you must do this based on the evidence.
What is examining the likely implications and drawing conclusions?
This film from the DC Extended Universe is mentioned as a franchise starter with a promising future.
What is Superman?
The increased popularity of superhero films in the 2000s has been linked to the social and political climate since this event.
What are the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks?
The history of the superhero film genre began with these, which were aimed at children in the 1930s and 40s.
What are Saturday film serials?
An aspect of genre that can include the development of sub-genres or changes in the use of features.
What is changes in the genre?
This level of achievement is reached by giving "reasoned explanations" of an aspect of a media genre.
What is "Achievement with Merit"?
This film is highlighted as a success that added a more "urban realism" element to the superhero genre.
What is Unbreakable?
Studios are making billions of dollars on this, also known as commercialised "woke-ness."
What is responding to audience desire for diversity and representation?
In the 1980s, the first major big-budget superhero feature film that was a critical and commercial success was this one.
What is Richard Donner's Superman (1978)?
This aspect of a media genre is addressed by studios' response to audience desire for diversity and representation.
What is audience expectations?
At the basic achievement level, your understanding is demonstrated by this action.
What is describing an aspect of a specific media genre using supporting evidence?
This film's cinematographer was the first woman to win an Academy Award.
What is Black Panther?
This director is cited as causing controversy by claiming superhero movies are not "cinema."
Who is Martin Scorsese?
With the goal of moving the franchise in a "fresh direction," this film served as a launch point for the next generation of live-action DC movies. It is also the first film in the "DCU's Chapter One".
What is Justice League?
The study book states that the creation of a commercial universe is an implication of this aspect.
What is Commercial Considerations?
To show an "in-depth understanding," your logical argument must be supported by this.
What is specific evidence?
Released in 2002, this film became the highest-grossing comic book adaptation until that time.
What is Spider-Man?
The prevalence of the superhero genre is claimed to stifle this in Hollywood.
What is creativity?
The success of this 1998 film began Marvel's film success and set the stage for further comic book film adaptations.
What is Blade?
The idea of "superhero fatigue" is cited as a potential implication of this aspect.
What is Audience Expectations?
This level requires examining likely implications and drawing conclusions based on evidence.
What is "Achievement with Excellence"?
This is the first Marvel property to win an Oscar.
What is Men in Black?
The superhero film genre has shown narrative flexibility by incorporating other genres like political drama, a feature seen in this film.
What is Captain America: The Winter Soldier?
This decade saw the rise of profitable franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and a flood of new superhero films.
What are the 2000s?