Which movies genres are you drawn to?

These are my answer to ponder questions in page 88.

1. Draw up a list movie genres you are drawn to.

       Action, Comedy, Drama (Korean drama, except Lizquen movies), and lastly, Horror. I can be drawn to almost all type of movie genres except the indie movies.

2. Identify the key elements of these genres (typical plot, main characters, emotional impact, themes, imagery, film techniques). 

       Each genre has a different key elements and each key element plays a role on how each genre are different from each other.

     Action movies are more of stunts and gun fights, usually the plot is about revenge and it is the most common plot of an action movie. The villain has left the hero with his relatives killed. Filled with anger and fury, the hero prepare himself and embarks on a bloody revenge. There are many more typical plot like an assassination of a notorious killer or an impossible escape from the most secure prison ever built.



The cinematography are more shaky because of the stunts and actions that why my grandparents don't watch action movies because they said the camera is so shaky and they got dizzy.

 

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Comedy movies are typically designed to make an audience laugh. The most important key element of a comedy genre is the timing because without great timing jokes fall flat and it becomes corny. In fact, the directors really hire professional comedians, even if they don't have an acting experience. Knowing exactly when to deliver a joke is the basis for a good comedy. Another factor is the exaggerated actions to get a laugh from the audience, including slipping, falling and funny faces. In a nutshell, comedy films exaggerate certain elements, such as language or situations that the character find themselves in, they are often lighthearted and for a family watch.

       Drama, for me, the hardest genre of all, though some say that comedy is hard but drama has something to do much more than making people laugh. Personally, I experienced that there is something powerful about a good drama movie that just wraps around you and sucks you in. There's something powerful about a good story that can make your father cry. There's something timeless about a good dramatic movie that can make you think, reflect, feel, and react emotionally. One of the key elements of a good drama is being a true story knowing that it really happened in real life can make you relate more to the movie like the Titanic (left), which is very sad because many people died. Another key element is the great characters. It was the character and the portrayal of that character through brilliant acting that brings out the true power of the story that makes it connect to an audience. And lastly, the conflict of the story because if there's no conflict, and no tension, then the movie would be so boring.

            Horror movies has many key elements like fear. Fear is the most important factor of a great horror story and a good horror movie scares people with fears they may not have. Along with establishing fears and connecting them with audiences, it's important to keep an element of surprise.

Surprised baby

       Getting someone to fear what you've created isn't the hardest part; making the fear surprising is. When I watch horror films alone, I usually turn of the sound when it the music effects become creepy so that I won't be surprised. Another key element is suspense, a good horror movie in my observation has many suspense parts and some surprises come at the end of a long suspense.

            Horror movies also has many mystery, it has many unsolved problems and clueless mystery that can add to the fear factor when you're watching. Mystery is another key element of a horror movie which makes you think throughout the film until the mystery is solved. I remembered watching with my cousin, we're guessing what is the mysterious mystery and find it out in the end if who won. Lastly, the most important factor of all, Spooky Music or the music itself. Try to remove the sound when you watch a horror movie and the whole movie won't be a horror anymore because you won't be scared anymore because it has not music which gives suspense to the movie. Music can create moods and emotions which is a great factor of a good horror movie, it intensifies feelings of suspense and shock.

3. Find samples of posters of movies that you really like. See if the elements in the movies are already presented in the posters alone.

Fast and Furious 6

Forevermore (Teleserye)

INSIDIOUS

STARWARS

       These are some of the movies I really like. Some of them already presented the elements of the movie like Insidious, Star Wars and the Fast & Furious 6. You can see that their posters really presented the elements like in the Insidious, in the poster alone, it captivates the people that it is really a good horror movie because it says there that "It's not the house that's haunted" which is one of the key element of a horror movie, mystery. 

4. Specify which elements of the movie genres you like draw you to watch.

        Action movies are more of stunts and gun fights, this is particularly what draw me to watch action films because I like gun fights and breathtaking stunts.

        In comedy, what draw me to watch this genre is their magic to make people laugh and their timing as what I've mentioned earlier because in my own experience it's really hard to make timing when you do a joke.

         Drama films with no doubt my favorite genre because of their element of making the viewers relate to their story and what also make me watch this kind of genre is their actors and characters. Drama films has many lessons and values of life that they're relating to their movie so this is the main reason why I watch drama.

       Lastly, Horror movies are the most interesting of all because of their element of surprise, suspense, and fear that can make you want to watch more horror fims.

 5. Determine the patterns of meanings that the movies you like to reinforce every time you watch (e.g., love conquers all; family is the most important thing in the face of disaster; a hero never loses; escape to other worlds is the best entertainment). 

            Fast and Furious 6 reinforce me that a family that sticks together can conquer all problems that they'll face could move mountains if they're united. In Forevermore, your first love lasts forever even if you're hindered with big problems and trials in the end you and your first love will still be in love with each other. Every movie has a lesson that will reinforce you a certain values or meanings every time you watch it. Let's just be extra careful of what we watch because it can affect our emotions, our feelings, and our behavior. I experienced this when I watch Drama/Love stories more often, as a result, my emotions and feelings became love oriented that's why we should be extra careful on what movie genre we watch because we can't really just watch movie and not be affected to it. When we watch a movie we digest words, we relate to their lives and most importantly we remember the lessons that it has given to us that's why it really affects us. So, let's all be careful and at the same time let's enjoy watching!