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A genre is a type or category of film. Not everything in film is a matter of complete originality. Genres rely on repetition and variation rather than uniqueness. Recognizable conventions rather than pure inventions ( language that we all understand which provides Structure and meaning.
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The filmmaker deliberately follows these conventions and the audience expects to see them expressed in any film clearly belonging to a specific genre. Variations can appear but not radical innovations.
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Set in the future, in outer space or on another planet. Classic or Modern Science fiction. Costumes and props have a futurist look. Often, stylized acting is used to portray aliens and robots.
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No hard-and-fast narrative conventions, although Science fiction is often concerned with encounters with aliens, travel to other planets, future societies and future technologies. Unusual plots, a door open to imagination. Dystopian futures, current trend : On the road, Hunger games …
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Two kinds of audiences Universal viewer ( not many questions) Expert in the area Is it possible? Is it relevant? Can this happen in real life? How can the director don´t know or find out?
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What about poetry? What comes first?
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