Monday, 22 September 2014

Genre of VfV

Types of Genres it could be:

Drama
Horror 
Musical 
Action & adventure
Historical 
War
Science fiction 
Thriller

V for Vendetta 

Why is it more than one genre? 
- Appeal to wider audience 
- Keep it interesting 
- Mostly appealing to for males 
- Male Gaze 
- The person we follow is Evey
- Without her there's no film 

Why is it Sci-Fi?
- Realism 
- "near" future 
- Distopia 
- Doesn't show conventions 
- The way we set the film 
- Too show that certain things could happen
- Makes us look at reality in different ways 

What makes it a thriller? 
- Involves an exciting plot 
- Espionage 
- Crime 
- Detective investigation 
- Should make convosations about reality 

What is the mystery? 
- Whos behind the mask
- How did it get like that in the first place 
- Twist
- Conspiracy 
- Freedom vs Protection 

What makes/doesn't make it an action?
- Fights 
- Takes away the reality of fights
- Entertainment 
- Good or bad character isn't justified clearly 
- No high tech equipment 
- Partially good and bad
- Destroys Parliament who are hiding behind symbolism 
- Shows everyone is good à and bad 
- Experiment on the people with power
- Power meaning people who have a voice over the Government 

1 comment:

  1. Good notes - write this up into a 1 paragraph summary of how V relates to genre and why

    WT E

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