Identifying Genre.

We were set the task to look at a range of openings and identify the genre and comment about what makes it that certain genre, this will help us when we decide on the genre for our film.

The dark knight
The genre from The dark night is action.
The setting is in a big city, lots of banks and places with money, everything is faced paced which is what you usually see with an action because a lot is happening (chasing, crime, undercover), also with an action there is always guns involved (which there is in this opening scene) and the people are undercover robbing a bank which shows they are breaking the law and committing a crime which you also see in an action. I find that with action films everything is quite obvious, they are robbing a band in day light, flying over buildings in day light and also wearing obvious masks in day light!

28 Weeks Later
The genre from 28 weeks later is horror.
The setting is very dark and the only light source used is candles and horror films normally are very dark and creepy, also there is no sound track and everything is quiet so your just waiting for something to jump out at you. Near to the end of the opening scene the editing goes fast paced and everything is very panicked which shows that something is going to go wrong or jump out at you. Finally at the end we see zombies which definitely shows 28 weeks later as a horror.

Step Brothers
The genre from stepbrothers is a comedy.
The soundtrack at the start sets the fun atmosphere as its very up beat, cheerful and happy, you are just seeing to men having fun watching television, eating food, playing guitar while there parents are off to work which is very realistic as the kids have an easy life compared to the adults. The setting is in two houses, the lighting is very naturalistic but quite bright (not low key lighting like a horror would be). The editing is normal paced (not faced like actions or slow like horror).

By doing this task I am starting to realise different genre's have certain things in them that specifically make them that genre.

Horror Film - would contain a obvious villain, blood, death, darkness, normally someone is killed, not a happy ending, dull, scary, victims, always very eerie music, slow paced.
Action Film - would contain a protagonist + antagonist, more physical action than dialogue, violence, face paced, chase, a women in the middle, a hero in the end and the bad guy gets defeated.
Comedy Film - humor, happy ending, up beat, very light hearted, simple story line always enjoyable.