Thursday 2 April 2009

Outline recent significant developments in one genre of your choice. Illustrate your answer with examples. [JAN03]

Outline recent significant developments in one genre of your choice. Illustrate your answer with examples. [JAN03]

Intro: Mention my 1 genre, which would be the slasher genre, and talk about how and why i think its developed. Mention the films i will discuss.

P1: the first slasher film, the granddaddy of slasher films, PYSCHO. I will talk about how Hitchcock made this film, eg with techniques

P2: Society during the 60s, as it was different then, eg, females were “symbolically annihilated”. The different stereotypes, eg of housewives, homemakers...

P3: how TCM 1974 developed the genre, and how it targeted the audience. I will also mention the way the censorship that occurred during the time. And how this changed, will compare the old and new one, and the different techniques used to attract the TA, do more on MIGRAIN.

P4: Talk about Scream and how it “rejuvenated” the genre, and its intertextuality references.

P5: This paragraph will talk about Switchblade Romance, and how it has developed the genre since psycho

Conclusion: Sum my info up, and just mention recent films and how it changed the genre, talk about institutional changes etc...

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