Sunday 30 September 2012

Do Generic Conventions Help or Restrict Film Makers?




My group argued that the conventions both help and restrict film makers. Our presentation consisted of reasons as to how the conventions do help, and reasons why they don't. We used examples of successful films and unsuccessful films which didn't follow the conventions.
The conventions helped because...
-film makers have an outline of what the audience expect and therefore they can work from this and use ideas from other films.
-films that do follow the conventions tend to be successful and earn more money.


The conventions are restricting because-
-film makers may be scared to push boundaries and come up with new ideas and therefore films of one genre become too similar and boring.
-it prevents film makers from including new and original ideas, films may not be as interesting if they are only one genre.

This research taught me that generic conventions can be good in some aspects, however they are also restricting for film makers. 

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