Christian Metz's model of genre development 1974

Metz theory was that genres of films are passed through stages of existence. These being:
-Experimental
-Classic
-Parody
-Deconstruction

Experimental stage
The experimental stage is the first set of films ever to be created of a particular genre. This stage could have some of the most simplistic films of all four categories, this is because the films have only just started being created. A good example of the experimental stage is Nosferatu.
Nosferatu is a 1922 German Expressionist horror film directed by F.W. Marnau, based on the character of Dracula. Because the studio couldn't obtain the rights the film wouldn't be called Dracula and so it was called Nosferatu meaning Vampire.

 

Another film from the experimental stage is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. It is a German silence horror film but is also another German Expressionist films, one of the most influential and also one of the greatest silent horror films.

 

 Classic stage

The classic stage is the stage which has had the most successful and popular set of films from that genre. One example of a classic stage film is Dracula. (1931)

Dracula is a horror film directed by Tod Browing in 1931. The film is based upon Bram Stoker's novel 'Dracula

 

Another example of a class stage film is Frankenstein. Frankenstein is a monster horror film directed by James Whale. Since the film has been created is has became one of the most iconic horror films in history.

 

Parody stage

Parody are films are taking the mick out of something. In this example the horror is being mimicked in a funny way. For example the Scary Movie films, these films are American comedy films that have took the mick out of horror films. The first Scary Movie film came out July 2000 and has been the highest grossing film of the whole film series, for the first film some of the focus was from 1996 horror film scream, which comes under the deconstruction stage.  

 

Deconstuction stage

Deconstuction films are films that have combine elements of different genres of films together when creating a film. A film that represents this stage is David Fitcher's thriller film Se7en. Se7en is a thriller film based upon the theme of the seven deadly sins staring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman.

 

 



Se7en

Se7en, featuring Morgan Freeman

Inspector Somerset

African animal ornaments gives the audience a sense of his cultural background. Single figure could suggest he is lonely and feels isolated.The creased shirt suggests there is no female living with him as steiotypically it would be a women that would take care of the man's ironing and clothes. The lack of colour also suggest there is no women representationn. From the diegetic sound we get the impression he lives in a flat or an apartment in the middle of the city because we here cars and the sound of people talking and getting into there flat.

We know its in a urban setting because of the noise from outside the flat. There is people talking and cars moving along and pipping the horn.

We get the impression Inspector Somerset lives alone because of how tiding the flat/apartment it, there is no childrens toys or sign of children living with the inpector such as childrens picutres on te fridge. Everything is placed in order, nothing is out of place. The way he makes his bed is in a regimented order which could suggest he has been in the amry or some sort in the past.

The Note, Prelim Task

Prelium Task

The 180 degree rules is a guidline for screening and filming two people in the same frame. The camera must stay on one side of the characters and can move along the 180 degree line. Match on action is the cut between passing and recieving an onbject. In my film the match on action was the passing of the note between Emma and Laura in my clip. Eyeline match is when the audience can see what the character on the screen is seeing and when the character looks directly at another characterlines. In my clip this was done when the characters were talking by the lockers.
The filming process went well it wasn't as easy as we though it would be to begin with. Some shots needed filming a lot more than others because there was an interuption such as someone walking though the camera or someone would forget there words or would start laughing. The storyboard process was difficult as it was hard to come up with something to film. Once we started filming we realised it was hard to film what we had planned and so we had to change some bits while we was filming.
I learnt that the filming was a lot difficult than I thought i had to re-do some parts of the filming. The sound was hard to pick up from the camera, we had to make sure e spoke up loud enough or if it was quite we had to adjust the sound while editing it on Adobe Premier. Overall I think as a group we worked well to create a short clip that met all the requirements.