Exam 13: Genre

What role do the conventions of a genre play in its relationship with its audience? Why might a filmmaker choose to stick to those conventions? Why might that filmmaker choose to go against those conventions? How might this effect audience response?

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Question 21

The convention which ties Brokeback Mountain most closely to the Western genre is ________.

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Question 22

The convention of the teen or young adult protagonist in the horror genre has been standard since the classic horror films of the 1930s.

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Question 23

Why did American audiences embrace the film noir,with its dark moodiness that marked a dramatic departure from the lavish spec?tacle and optimism characteristic of Hollywood films in the 1930s?

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Question 24

How did Alfred Hitchcock upset audience expectations in North By Northwest?

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Question 25

Studying genre films from an auteurist approach would involve ________.

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Question 26

Identify and explain two approaches a film scholar might adopt when studying a genre.

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Question 27

Unlike the common criminals they pursue,hard-boiled detectives patiently work through mysteries as if they were games of cat and mouse rather than relying on physical stamina to catch their opponents.

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Question 28

Explain the difference between the backstage musical and the integrated musical.

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Question 29

The musical reached its creative and economic peak during ________.

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Question 30

In addition to sharing similar narrative characteristics,films from the same genre often exhibit the same visual and sound techniques.

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Question 31

In an integrated musical,characters with no professional connection to music or the stage spontaneously break out into song.

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Question 32

Rick Altman equates a genre's visual conventions with a sentence's _________________; just as we know that some words don't logically work together,we also sense that a menacing castle doesn't fit in the Western.

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Question 33

In a sentence,explain why most film critics didn't value genre films until the 1960s.

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Question 34

Paranoid conspiracy films are generally set ________.

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Question 35

The "final girl" is a familiar character type,which appears in many ___________.

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Question 36

One drawback of the genre films is that their adherence to fixed conventions prevents them from addressing contemporary concerns.

(True/False)

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Question 37

Most film critics didn't value genre films until the 1960s because ________.

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Question 38

One reason Hollywood studios liked producing genre films is because they could reuse sets.

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Question 39

Alien uses the narrative conventions of the genre but employs the visual iconography of the genre.

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What role do the conventions of a genre play in its relationship with its audience? Why might a filmmaker choose to stick to those conventions? Why might that filmmaker choose to go against those conventions? How might this effect audience response?

The convention which ties Brokeback Mountain most closely to the Western genre is ________.

The convention of the teen or young adult protagonist in the horror genre has been standard since the classic horror films of the 1930s.

Why did American audiences embrace the film noir,with its dark moodiness that marked a dramatic departure from the lavish spec?tacle and optimism characteristic of Hollywood films in the 1930s?

How did Alfred Hitchcock upset audience expectations in North By Northwest?

Studying genre films from an auteurist approach would involve ________.

Identify and explain two approaches a film scholar might adopt when studying a genre.

Unlike the common criminals they pursue,hard-boiled detectives patiently work through mysteries as if they were games of cat and mouse rather than relying on physical stamina to catch their opponents.

Explain the difference between the backstage musical and the integrated musical.

The musical reached its creative and economic peak during ________.

In addition to sharing similar narrative characteristics,films from the same genre often exhibit the same visual and sound techniques.

In an integrated musical,characters with no professional connection to music or the stage spontaneously break out into song.

Rick Altman equates a genre's visual conventions with a sentence's _________________; just as we know that some words don't logically work together,we also sense that a menacing castle doesn't fit in the Western.

In a sentence,explain why most film critics didn't value genre films until the 1960s.

Paranoid conspiracy films are generally set ________.

The "final girl" is a familiar character type,which appears in many ___________.

One drawback of the genre films is that their adherence to fixed conventions prevents them from addressing contemporary concerns.

Most film critics didn't value genre films until the 1960s because ________.

One reason Hollywood studios liked producing genre films is because they could reuse sets.

Alien uses the narrative conventions of the genre but employs the visual iconography of the genre.

Introduction

An Approach to Film Analysis

Writing About Film

Narrative Form

Mise en Scène

Cinematography

Editing

Sound

Alternatives to Narrative Fiction Film:Documentary and Avant-garde Films

Film and Ideology

Social Context and Film Style:National, International, andTransnational Cinema

Film Stardom As a Cultural Phenomenon

Film Authorship

Cinema As Industry: Economics and Technology

Filters

What role do the conventions of a genre play in its relationship with its audience? Why might a filmmaker choose to stick to those conventions? Why might that filmmaker choose to go against those conventions? How might this effect audience response?

The convention which ties Brokeback Mountain most closely to the Western genre is ________.

The convention of the teen or young adult protagonist in the horror genre has been standard since the classic horror films of the 1930s.

Why did American audiences embrace the film noir,with its dark moodiness that marked a dramatic departure from the lavish spec?tacle and optimism characteristic of Hollywood films in the 1930s?

How did Alfred Hitchcock upset audience expectations in North By Northwest?

Studying genre films from an auteurist approach would involve ________.

Identify and explain two approaches a film scholar might adopt when studying a genre.

Unlike the common criminals they pursue,hard-boiled detectives patiently work through mysteries as if they were games of cat and mouse rather than relying on physical stamina to catch their opponents.

Explain the difference between the backstage musical and the integrated musical.

The musical reached its creative and economic peak during ________.

In addition to sharing similar narrative characteristics,films from the same genre often exhibit the same visual and sound techniques.

In an integrated musical,characters with no professional connection to music or the stage spontaneously break out into song.

Rick Altman equates a genre's visual conventions with a sentence's _________________; just as we know that some words don't logically work together,we also sense that a menacing castle doesn't fit in the Western.

In a sentence,explain why most film critics didn't value genre films until the 1960s.

Paranoid conspiracy films are generally set ________.

The "final girl" is a familiar character type,which appears in many ___________.

One drawback of the genre films is that their adherence to fixed conventions prevents them from addressing contemporary concerns.

Most film critics didn't value genre films until the 1960s because ________.

One reason Hollywood studios liked producing genre films is because they could reuse sets.

Alien uses the narrative conventions of the ________ genre but employs the visual iconography of the ________ genre.

Introduction

An Approach to Film Analysis

Writing About Film

Narrative Form

Mise en Scène

Cinematography

Editing

Sound

Alternatives to Narrative Fiction Film:Documentary and Avant-garde Films

Film and Ideology

Social Context and Film Style:National, International, andTransnational Cinema

Film Stardom As a Cultural Phenomenon

Film Authorship

Cinema As Industry: Economics and Technology

Filters

Alien uses the narrative conventions of the genre but employs the visual iconography of the genre.