Genre Analysis

For this task we were given three genres and were told to take a picture to define each genre.

 

 

 

This photograph is a representation of the 'Sport' genre. We have chosen the setting of a high school gym and the character is wearing sports uniform to make the theme of sport obvious. The picture is also an action shot and you can see the character moving to catch the basketball (which is the icon in this photograph). We chose to do this because there is typically lots of action that is fast paced in sport themed films - choosing to take an action shot captures this aspect of 'sport' films.

 

This photograph represents the 'Children/Family' genre. It is symbolism for childhood as they are children's books; some of which have been turned into films. This photograph did not work as well because it does not capture many aspects of the 'Children/Family' genre. To improve the photograph We could have included a character doing something humorous and a clearer setting to set the tone of a 'Children/Family' movie.

 

This photograph symbolises the 'Seasonal' genre. We have chosen to take the photograph outside so that we can capture the season more effectively. The golden leaves are an icon in the picture and are specific to the stereotype of a certain time of year- autumn. We used a filter to make the colours in the picture softer and warmer and this made the photograph feel much more like an autumn setting.