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The Whole Plate | Episode 4: Genre (Patreon)

Published:
2017-06-20 21:37:33
Imported:
2026-06

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what is the genre of these movies even

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Genre | The Whole Plate Episode 4

Genre is one of the building blocks of film language - but what genre does Transformers fall into anyway? https://www.patreon.com/loosecanon Sources: Corrigan, Timothy. A Short Guide to Writing about Film. Boston: Pearson Education, 2015. Print. Nichols, Bill. Engaging Cinema: An Introduction to Film Studies. New York: W.W. Norton, 2010. Print. Benyahia, Sarah Casey, and Freddie Gaffney. AS Film Studies The Essential Introduction. N.p.: Taylor and Francis, 2014. Print. Cawelti, John G. "Chinatown and Generic Transformation in Recent American Film." Film theory and criticism: introductory readings. 1992, Oxford University Press. New York, Oxford. Print. http://www.virginiabonner.com/courses/cms2100/readings/Chinatown%20and%20Generic%20Transformation.pdf

Comments

Jade Dale

I feel like allot of the genre blend we're seeing now is the result of the audience's expectation that almost any tentpole release will have large action set pieces. "action scenes" have become more of a core cinematic tool then a genre convention. More akin to the cameras and lights then any tonal or story descriptor.

Kyle Williams

I've recently thought about superhero films as a genre and I'm starting to think they are reaching the point where they really shouldn't be considered their own genre and instead can be classified in the traditional genres depending on the movie. Or if you want to keep it (or your B.B.... genre) separate then certainly the other genres very much fit as subcategories.

De

I'm a recovering Homestuck (not really, I'm not sure total recovery is truly possible) and sometimes I still see weird reflections of it in the world. The troll civilization in Homestuck lasted long enough that things like genres became so complicated they couldn't really be given names, and yet their films were no less banal than standard human fare.

James Guerin

I don't mind your Transformers\Bayhem angle. However I did stop watching the franchise directly after Optimus Prime straight-up murders Megatron (tearing his head & spine off with an axe, iirc) and then executes his mentor\idol with a shotgun while he's begging for his life. (Although your fascination with Michael Bay's oeuvre seems to miss the least Bay of Bay movies: Pain and Gain)

Jack Gladney

Cedar Point...that's a white-America deep cut.