Genre+related+stuff



Genre is a topic that would generally be discussed in the close reading question of the exam, you could look at a genre and/or the nature of genre itself - this would be a good place to consider post-modernism - and it would also be possible to discuss genre in relation to **industry** - especially if you were discussing how film genre is so important to film industries such as the Hollywood industry because of the $$$ they provide.

It is possible to use your film noir stuff (and/or the dystopia stuff from last year, or the documentary stuff or for that matter any genre you are interested). Remember the Everything is a Remix video - which discusses the way no film is original

There's two media studies sites about the nature of genre on the Delicious links This site by Daniel Chandler (a bit harder - go on - you can do it!)

Ways to utilise the Film Noir study we've done: Read deeper - I'll give you some extra readings and don't forget the links on delicious - __ [] __ or look at the facebook page - where there are some links to film noir related stuff Watch more - There are many Noir films you could use Investigate the changing nature of Noir - Neo-Noir anyone?

Here is [|Scarlet Street]dir by Fritz Lang. This film is mentioned in the Censorship readings you have been given. It is interesting to us for two reasons - it strongly shows the German influence on noir - Fritz Lang had directed //Metropolis// and //M// - important films in the German Expressionist movement. He fled Nazi Germany, and began to direct noir. The film also pushes the boundaries of the Hays Code - it was actually banned for its portrayal of a prostitute.

It is free to download at [|archive.org] because it is out of copyright. You can find other noir films there as well.

[|Out of the Past] is a great podcast to listen to to get some background to these films: