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MACS 100 Exam 2How does the Corrigan/White article define genre? - answer A classification of movies
that share similar narrative and stylistic patterns in presentation of their subject matter
What are conventions? - answer Features that identify genres and distinguish them
from others
What are formulas? - answer- The patterns for developing stories in a particular genre
- Arrangement of conventions in film
How is genre a social contract? - answer- Allows us to see a film as part of a historical
evolution and a cultural community
- Represents bond between audience and filmmakers
What is the role of expectation? - answer Inform a viewer's experience while watching
the film, helping them anticipate the meaning of the conventions and formulas
How is genre universal and culturally specific? - answerDifferent genres more easily
recognized in different cultures - flying martial arts scene in Asia (Wuxia)
Genre changes... - answer-over TIME, in POPULARITY, and ACROSS BORDERS
Two types of comedy - answerromantic comedy and screwball comedy
What are the conventions of comedy? - answer- characters defined by distinctive
physical features
- emphasis on episodes or "gags" rather than plot
- happy endings
- theatrical acting styles; react playfully with mise-en-scene
Conventions of screwball comedy - answer- barbed, fast-talking verbal humor
- sexual tension replaced with barbed dialogue
- popular in 30's and 40's
Conventions of romantic comedy - answer- awkward social predicament
- happy ending
- emotional attraction lighthearted
Types of horror films - answersupernatural and physical
, Conventions of horror - answer- characters with physical, psychological, and/or spiritual
deformities
- narratives built on suspense, surprise, and shock
- visual compositions between dread of not seeing and horror of seeing
Conventions of supernatural horror - answer- spiritual evil erupts in human realm
- avenge moral wrong or no explainable reason
Conventions of physical horror - answer- graphic violence
What are the criticisms of romantic comedies? - answer- only show women as a part of
a relationship
- corny and retrograde about gender
- little diversity
What are the positives of rom-coms in the article "Rom Coms Were Corny and
Retrograde?" - answer- lets ordinary people figure out how to meaningfully deal with
each other
- helps us connect
- makes us believe in the power of communication
What are four reasons that "The Mindy Project is a Rom Com for the Real World" -
answer1. She wasn't traditionally likeable- okay
2. Relationships never compromised fullness of character
3. Relationships romantic AND realistic
4. Happily ever after was satisfying but incomplete
What is a final girl? - answerLast girl standing at the end of the movie
What are the traits of the final girl? - answerVirginal, virtuous, unisex name, brunette
What is the significance of the Wonder Woman image? - answer- Each man signifies
distinct racial traits
- Wonder Woman is only woman, stands out
Representation _________ in media texts - answerperformed
Representation is __________ - answerrepresentative; "stands-in" like political rep for
constituents
Spectators and critics are invested in what in media texts? - answertruth and realism
Spectators reserve the right to.... - answerconfront representations that don't reflect
cultural/racial truths
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