Genre

Syllabification: gen-re

Definition of Genre:

Genre is a category of artistic composition, in music or literature, characterised by similarities in form, style, or even subject matter.


Here is a video explaining 9 different conventions within genre:



Genres:
- Period
- Dramadoc
- Crime
- Soap
- Comedy

Period drama - This is a period piece in which elaborates costumes, sets and properties which are featured in order to then be able to capture the ambiance of that particular era. 
- This term is usually used within the context of film and TV. It's an informal, crossover term which applies to several genres, this is generally mostly heard within context of historical dramas and romances, adventure films as well as swashbucklers. 
- This shows that the audience isn't just attracted to the lavish costumers but by the content as much so. 

An example of a period drama would be:

Downtown Abbey



An example however for a short film period drama would be:

Lacey



Drama documentary - Within TV programming, alongside theater, a documentary drama which overall features dramatised re-enactments of actual historical events. 
- A documentary drama could be either filmed or written. Additionally, within the core elements of its imminent story, a docudrama generally looks to strive to adhere facts from the past, while doing so also allowing a higher or lower degree of a sense of pause in peripheral details, and where any gaps in the historical record. 
- Producers of documentary dramas tend to sometimes choose to film their events in which are reconstructed in the actual location in which the event previously occurred. 
- With dialogue this could include words from persons, which were previously recorded in historical documents. 

An example of documentary drama film/ short film would be:



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Crime drama - Crime drama films are films in which focus on the lives and activities of criminals and, or even the men and women in which pursued them. 
- The approach however to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals to some what real-life criminals. Or the far-fetched imaginative criminals in which they can come up with. 
- Criminal acts are generally almost as glorified within the movies as successive generations of viewers become inured to the nastiness of the crime focused on. 

An example of a Crime Drama film would be:



However, an example of a Crime Drama within a short film would be:

Soap Opera:

A soap opera, sometimes called “soap” for short, is an on-going, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming.

Historically, soaps were radio series broadcast in weekday daytime slots, usually five days a week, when most listeners would be housewives; thus the shows were aimed at and consumed by a predominantly female audience.

An example of a Soap Opera film would be:



Whereas, an example of a Soap Opera short film would be:

Comedy:

Comedy-drama is a genre of theatre, film, and television that combines elements of comedy and drama, having both humorous and sometimes serious content. 

An example of a Comedy film would be:



An example of a Comedy short film would therefore be:

The filmmaker actually does the encoding whereas the audience does the decoding -Codes and conventions- repeated elements through each example within a given genre and audience expect to see. Codes and conventions of genre.

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Bibliography:

"What Does Genre Mean?". prezi.com. N.p., 2017. Web. 25 Jan. 2017.
https://prezi.com/yjpl3p0h0e8k/what-does-genre-mean/

"What Is Genre?". YouTube. N.p., 2017. Web. 25 Jan. 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuZ1edldKnk