Film Homework

What film genre are the most popular at present? Why do you think this is? (Consider technology, social & economic context)

At the moment I think that comedy and horror is common genre in the film world today. Comedy is a genre that makes people laugh and in today’s society I think that laughter is a huge factor amongst friends and family. Another reason why I think comedy is a popular genre is that some audiences do not expect what is going to happen in the following scene. For example, in a typical horror movie when a female turns her back, the audience know that she will either be killed or be on a running chase. Comedy is also a common genre as in today’s world a lot wars and public affairs seem to be increasing and comedy makes the audience forget about what is going on in the world and audiences mainly concentrate on the film.                

Horror is a common genre in today’s film as most of the audience enjoy being scared. Due to technology, directors can now use state of the art technology in order to really scare the audience with the use of sound and on screen effects. For example, the film Saw has come up with 6 sequels to the film and has recently introduced a 3-D version with the use of state of the art technology. This is great way of attracting customers and directors are making a fortune.

Comedy spoofs are increasing with a mix of comedy and horror. Films like make fun of horror films by adding a lot of comedy scenes into the movie.  Films like this are beginning to be popular with most of the audience’s ages within the C1, D and E social economic.

What genres do you think were popular back in the 1930’s and 1940’s? Why? Give examples and show evidence of research

Genres such as gangster, musicals wars and comedy where most common in the 1930s and 1940s as many people enjoyed these genres at this time. Films like these were introduced at the “Golden age of Hollywood. This was the time when films where in black and white but where introduced in colour and there was heavy use of sound in these films. Films like “Stars” (1930) and “The adventures of robin hood (1938) where the film’s most popular in this time. With war films, many of the audiences could relate to becasue at the time world war 2 was going on.