Intro to Genre: sheet Task 2

Task 2

	Which genre do you think it is?	What are the main generic signifiers (tropes)? Characters / colours / props / locations / shot types / lighting etc…	How easy is it to identify the genre? Why?
Example 1		Medium shot, main light in middle, filler light in background, location in the a room around games table, main characters to right of frame and can see their faces.	I think its Crime Yes as there is a gun and a playing table which are usually seen in all action films with gangs.
Example 2		A long shot, location in the middle of nowhere, theres a tree, a noose, a horse, natural lighting.	Its western because there’s a cowboy on a horse.
Example 3		Two cars, and somebody  jumping. Natural lighting. long shot.	Action as it looks like there is a road rage fight, or car chase
Example 4		Two people sitting across from each other in an office. medium long shot. light coming from through blinds.	All romance films start like this.
Example 5		Soldiers, war torn city behind them. natural daylight.	War film as it has soldiers, and a dusty, war torn city behind them.
Example 6		medium long shot, natural lighting, lunch at a school, part of a group,	Teen drama/ chick flick, lots of girls in a school
Example 7		Medium shot, 3 characters, all happy surrounded by colourful lighting.	Animation, can tell as there is no real people or real settings.
Example 8		Two astronauts in space, light coming from sun.	Sci-fi, is set in space/another world.
Example 9		Two people being intimate in n old-fashioned house. +	Period drama/romance, have historical clothes, and an old fireplace.
Example 10		Shows somebody n a tutu showing old people how to dance(?)  natural daylight, ELS.	The centre man loos funny, and satirical.
Example 11		A man looking through blinds, he looks concerned. MS, light from blinds.	Thriller
Example 12		A girl in front of a house, suspicious of what might happen to her. natural daylight, long shot, maybe establishing shot.	Horror/thriller, big suspicious house and a small girl in the forefront of the frame.