Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Definitions of media words

Genre: a style or category of art, music, literature or film. 

Sub-genre: a subdivision of a genre of art, music, film etc. 

Hybrid genre: A hybrid genre is a genre in fiction that blends themes and elements from two or more different genres.

Codes and conventions: Codes are an arrangement of signs, which create meaning they can be divided into two categories; technical and symbolic. Conventions are the traditional ways of doing something.

Genre tropes: a genre used in a new and different way in order to create an artistic effect


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