film industry

GENRE


Iconography - things we can see, largely mise en scene, uses of editing and uses of scenereography 
Structure - the way the story is put and the way the story is said.
Themes - messages and values.

Iconography 
Make a list of all the iconography you associate with the following genres:

a)  Sci Fi - Technology, Future, things we don't have in present, time travel
b)  Vampire Horror - abandoned houses, dark settings, blood, vampires, victims
c)  The Western - desert, indians, cowboys, guns, violence

Structure
What structures do you associate with the following genres:

a) Sci Fi - Going to discover a new place or new things, the clash of civilization (alien come to invade and they start a war)

b) Vampire Horror - Castle or gothic settings, starts off with thunder and lighting and the vampire is shown, he dies at the end.

c) The western - everything is calm and relaxed and a strange coming to that place, a conflict takes place between the stranger and the people from the place or with the sheriff and a chaos starts.



Themes
What themes do you associate with the following genres :

a) Sci Fi -

b) Vampire Horror - Not good being seduced in a horror film

c) The Western - Focusing Patriarchy how women are not doing anything but just cooking and being a housewife in the background