Learning Outcome.
To identify genre and narrative conventions within film trailers.
Key words:
Genre: Type of media text
Conventions: The expected elements of a genre
Denotation: Literal or basic meaning
Connotation: Hidden or symbolic meaning
Representation: How people, places or events is portrayed
Stereotypes: Labels, generalisations
Context: The circumstance, reason, background
Task 1:
Watch these trailers and identify the genre conventions as set out above.
See if you can also list Proppian characters or narrative structure as set out by Todorov.
Indicate if the characters conform or challenge the stereotype for the usual representation.
Key words:
Genre: Type of media text
Conventions: The expected elements of a genre
Denotation: Literal or basic meaning
Connotation: Hidden or symbolic meaning
Representation: How people, places or events is portrayed
Stereotypes: Labels, generalisations
Context: The circumstance, reason, background
Task 1:
Watch these trailers and identify the genre conventions as set out above.
See if you can also list Proppian characters or narrative structure as set out by Todorov.
Indicate if the characters conform or challenge the stereotype for the usual representation.
'Fishtank' Trailer
Social Realism but challenging the template with female authorship and pluralistic, strong female protagonists
Narrative
A 15 year old girl from a dysfunctional family falls for her Mother’s boyfriend, with consequences.
Female central protagonists from a dysfunctional family aspiring for a better life, abusive mothers, narrative themes involving education and under age sex both carrying a BBFC 15 certificate
Ted
Dawn of the Dead
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Brokeback Mountain
Django Unchained
Braveheart
Hairspray
Genre filmtrailers from aealey
Ted
Dawn of the Dead
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Brokeback Mountain
Django Unchained
Braveheart
Hairspray
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