Genre Research: The Genres

          Hello, I hope you're having a nice day. So from the other blog (Genre Research: The Power Point) you were given one of the three genres we picked for the movie we're doing. The three genres are, Crime, Musical, and Action. We picked these because our pitch could easily fit into any of them. For crime, A guy can witness people committing crimes while sleeping. For Musical, he's singing about having this ability and what he'll do with it. For action, an intense story of a guy getting beaten and getting vengeance, while he's sleeping. Very interesting, I know.

          You know the power point in the last blog? We're going to do that for the other two genres, except they're not going to be in power point form, it's going to be written. I want to apologize in advance for the repetitive sentence starting, it gets really old, really quickly and I'm sorry for that. The first genre is Musical. Common camera angles in Musical films are High, Low, and dutch angles. Common camera shots in this genre include, Over the shoulder, close up, establishing, extreme close up, mid shot, long shot, and aerial shots. Common camera movements are, pans, tilts, tracks, and zooms. Now moving on to CLAMPS. Common costumes in this genre are, very over the top, to say the least. A lot of musical films are about famous musicians, such as Elton John, And Freddie Mercury, but even then there's animated movies like Frozen, And all of them wear really fancy, shiny clothing, like Elton and his peacock suit thing. Common Lighting in musical films depend on the movie and the scene. If it's a happy part of the film, it's nice and bright, if it's a more upsetting part, the scene is going to be darker. Common acting in this genre is still, depending on the film. For example, Rocketman is way more over the top, or extra than a movie like Frozen. Common Makeup in the genre are also depending on the film and scene, But they have the usual film makeup, the makeup that makes their skin look smooth and not old looking. Common props in the Musical genre are still dependent on the film, if it's a film about someone preforming, those people are going to be surrounded by instruments and their on stage audience, but if it's just a musical film like Greese, they might have alcohol or cigarettes and stuff like that. Common setting in this genre are still dependent on the movie and the scene, But I'd say that the common setting would be a house or the characters home in the establishing scene. Common editing in this genre could include, cutaways, jump cuts, eyeline matches, action matches, graphic matches and cross cutting. Common sound in this genre could include, Digetic and Non-Digetic sound, Voice overs, Dialogue, and Ambient sounds. Common elements in this genre could include,  (Obviously) Signing and Dancing, Foreshadowing, Conflict, and more. I actually really like the musical genre. I've watched many movies in that genre and enjoyed it. I think the thing I enjoy most about the genre is the accuracy to the actual events. For example, the Live Aid performance in the Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody, that was pretty accurate. I don't think there's anything I don't like about the genre.

          That was a lot, I know. One more time. Now, we're doing action. Common camera angles in this genre include, high angles, low angles, and canted angles. Common camera shots in the action genre include, establishing shots, over the shoulder shots, point of view shots, close up shots, extreme close up shots, long shots, and such. Common camera movements include, pans, tilts, trucks, and zooms. Again, now we're moving on to CLAMPS. Common costumes in action films are casual wear, but if it's a superhero film, then they have really tight spandex-y clothing. Common Lighting in action films depends on the circumstances, if someone has died, it's going to be dark, if they're fighting it might be dark, but not too dark to where you can't see what's going on. Common acting in action films includes, fighting, being overall dramatic, and such. Common make up in this genre include, makeup that makes your face look smooth, SFX makeup, and other casual makeup. Common props in action films can include, weapons, (swords, guns, etc,) helmets, Armour, and more. Common setting in action films include, big cities, other planets, and more. Moving on. Common editing in action films include, eyeline matches, action matches, graphic matches, Jump cuts, split screens, and cutaways. Common sounds in this genre include, Digetic and Non-Digetic sounds, Voice overs, Ambient sounds, Dialogues, and more. Common elements in action films are, foreshadowing, drama, high energy, and such. Now my opinion. In all honesty, I don't really like action movies. Well, certain action movies, I guess. I don't really like the superhero aspect of the genre, I've never found that stuff really entertaining because it's been ruined for me. My brother overplayed it and it got annoying. I don't really like anything about action movies.

          Well, that's it. I hope you have a nice day.