FILM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cross-Dressing, Heterosexuality, Boy Meets World

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Film Studies
• Course: FILM 1000
• Professor: Jose Sanchez

Document Summary

> subject matter: plot formulas, conventions (thematic concerns & characterization, iconography (visual settings) > basis for variations & transgression in narrative form: conventions: > specific ways in which formula plot is translated into visualized action. > plot (ex. episodes that recur from film to film) > stylistic elements which are part of mise-en-scene. > images & objects that are significant elements of formula plot. > meaning from extra filmic sources (ex. history, literature, & popular culture) ~ genre evolution: way of grouping genre films according to variations of formula plots, conventions, & iconography. > emotional impact due to novelty of form & plot. > values & ideology are assured & shared by audience. > appeals more to intellect than to emotions. > conventions used to question/ undermine popular beliefs. > conventions & formal elements reduced to cliches. > reflexive: self-conscious awareness of belonging to genre. > subject matter: courtship & romance of heterosexual couple.