CIN105Y1 Lecture 16: Genre
19 Apr 2018
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Sounds we heard and some of them represent sonic icons of the genre. Some sound we associate with genre (especially western: gunfire, cracking floors, slow dialogue) Folk melodies idea of the past. Music in the way solidified the background of the film (space and time) Stand-off theme key invention used in the western genre. They are coded visually in terms of what they wear, what they speak. Heroes generally speaking in a classical sense. Western idea of narrative conventions of the genre. Plot of the western summed up by critiques. Group of people entering the town lone rider entering the civilization. Conflict usually begins in the town. At the end, the hero returns to the wilderness leaves the town at the end. Heroin takes to him they (cid:272)an"t (cid:271)e together. We began to recognize the convention very early on b/c we are very familiar with it. Man and women distinct roles in narratives inside vs. outside.
