Genre

Text typical of their genre?

  • Key signifiers and iconography.
  • Story lines and plots.
  • Characters and their functions.
  • Stars/celebrities.
  • Use of camera, sound and editing.
  • Use of dialogue, language and music.
Genre and expectation -
- Genre contain generic conventions that audiences expect and gain grafification from.
- Familiarity.
- Informed choice.
- Blue print to use and experiment with/on.
- Proves popularity (can almost guarantee). 

The "same but different" - Nick Lacey (1999)
"The familiar and the unexpected" - G. Burton (2000)

Genre change -
- Hybridity.
- New techniques and technology.
- Modern social issues : changing times.
- Different characters.

"difference is absolutely essential to the economy of genre." - Steve Neale.



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