Genre Theory
‘genres are instances of repetition and difference’... Discuss what this statement means in relation to the duel scene from The Magnificent 7, directed by Antoine Fuqua? Use specific evidence from the scene to support your ideas. From this quote, Neale means that if all genres are the same then it will become boring and people will stop watching movies as they will know what is going to happen, and so if there is some repetition which shows which genre the text is, then it will still be understandable for people and they will want to go and watch it if it is a genre of their liking. Also, he means that there needs to be some difference within the text otherwise people will start to find it boring and too repetitive and so they will stop watching films of a certain genre. In the Magnificent 7, for a movie of this genre there is still some repetition as otherwise people won't enjoy the movie at all and so will not enjoy it if there is absolutely n...
stereotype: objectification of women
ReplyDeletemedia language used: direct address
how: the images used are sexualised and only for men to approve
stereotype: women have to wear makeup in order to be accepted
breakdown: slogan
how: the text make them feel like have to wear makeup to be attractive
stereotype: women are better at looking after their children
breakdown: the main image
how: suggests that this is the only thing women are good for and men can not do this job as its not advertised on magazine covers - magazines only conform to the stereotypes of society
the best paragraph is 1, due to the in depth explanation but also the use of some media terminology in magazines.
you could include more media terminology next time.