Unit 4 Critical and Contextual Awareness & Unit 2 Research – – Genres: Chapter 3: Unit 4 Genre Expectation Expectation for narrative Example of films Technology Saving the universe Sci-fi Here is an example, Defending home Aliens this is the film Space (Unknown, Rotten Tomatoes, Avatar. This film is a Futuristic 2009) – photo opposite Sci-fi because at the end the avatar transforms into a human. Quest for something Jungle Adventure Guardians of the Hero’s journey Desert galaxy is a good Discovery/search Unknown (but still example of (Unknown, imdb, 2014) – unfamiliar) adventure as the picture opposite main character, Peter is a space adventurer who goes searching for the ‘Orb’. Familiar situation Suburbs Comedy Ace Ventura is a Unusual – going wrong Heightened colour funny film which Unexpected Familiarity has a lot of comedy (Wikipedia, Wikipedia, 1997) - elements which can picture people can understand easily. Gore Fear of unknown Horror In Insidious there Monster Blood are some scenes Gory figure covered in The other – normality containing blood blood with a twist and thrill which is Dark (dim light) (Janucar, 2014) - picture what makes it a Atmospheric horror movie.
Unit 4 – Critical and Contextual Awareness & Unit 2 – Research Genres: Chapter 3: Unit 4 Genre Expectation Expectation for narrative Example of films Sci-fi Technology Aliens Space Futuristic Saving the universe Defending home (Unknown, Rotten Tomatoes, 2009) – photo opposite Here is an example, this is the film Avatar. This film is a Sci-fi because at the end the avatar transforms into a human. Adventure Jungle Desert Unknown (but still unfamiliar) Quest for something Hero’s journey Discovery/search (Unknown, imdb, 2014) – picture opposite Guardians of the galaxy is a good example of adventure as the main character, Peter is a space adventurer who goes searching for the ‘Orb’. Comedy Suburbs Heightened colour Familiarity Familiar situation Unusual – going wrong Unexpected (Wikipedia, Wikipedia, 1997) - picture Ace Ventura is a funny film which has a lot of comedy elements which can people can understand easily. Horror Gore Blood The other – normality with a twist Dark (dim light) Atmospheric Fear of unknown Monster Gory figure covered in blood (Janucar, 2014) - picture In Insidious there are some scenes containing blood and thrill which is what makes it a horror movie.