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Film genres: features, functions, evolution

This Interactive workshop aims at exploring the origin of genres, their functions in cinema and their evolution, with particular emphasis on the latest developments. We first ask why we need genres at all and examine the variety of classification criteria that can be used. Then we focus on the specific features of genre films, analysing their conventions and their narrative structures. We then explore how different agents (from producers to audiences, from critics to film scholars) have used and still use genres, and highlight their economic, sociocultural and communicative functions. Finally, by taking a historical perspective, we explore how genres have evolved in the course of time and how modern cinema extensively use genre mixing and hybridization, thus pointing to the future of this important but complex category of film analysis. Part of the www.cinemafocus.eu research materials.

This Interactive workshop aims at exploring the origin of genres, their functions in cinema and their evolution, with particular emphasis on the latest developments. We first ask why we need genres at all and examine the variety of classification criteria that can be used. Then we focus on the specific features of genre films, analysing their conventions and their narrative structures. We then explore how different agents (from producers to audiences, from critics to film scholars) have used and still use genres, and highlight their economic, sociocultural and communicative functions. Finally, by taking a historical perspective, we explore how genres have evolved in the course of time and how modern cinema extensively use genre mixing and hybridization, thus pointing to the future of this important but complex category of film analysis. Part of the www.cinemafocus.eu research materials.

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I generi cinematografici: caratteristiche, funzioni, evoluzione

Film genres: features, functions, evolution

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Seconda parte

8. I generi come elementi socioculturali

9. Oltre il testo cinematografico: gli usi dei

generi

10. Non solo generi ...

11. Le funzioni dei generi

11.1. La funzione economica

11.2. La funzione socio-culturale

11.3. La funzione comunicativa

Terza parte

12. Una prospettiva storica

12.1. La prospettiva evolutiva

12.2. L'evoluzione finale: la parodia e la

satira

12.3. Oltre la visione evolutiva

12.4. La genesi di un genere

13. Generi e "cicli"

14. Fine dei generi cinematografici?

15. La mescolanza dei generi e l'ibridazione

16. Il genere - una categoria universale?

17. Conclusione

Part 2

8. Genres as sociocultural elements

9. Beyond film text: the uses of genres

10. Not just genres ...

11. The functions of genres

11.1. The economic function

11.2. The socio-cultural function

11.3. The communicative function

Part 3

12. A historical perspective

12.1. The evolutionary perspective

12.2. The ultimate evolution: parody and

satire

12.3. Beyond the evolutionary view

12.4. Genesis of a genre

13. Genres and "cycles"

14. The end of film genres?

15. Genre mixing and hybridization

16. Genre - a "universal" category?

17. Conclusion

Part 1

1. Introduzione

A prima vista, i generi cinematografici possono

At a first glance, film genres can appear as a

apparire come un concetto semplice e lineare:

simple, straightforward concept: after all, we

dopotutto, sappiamo tutti cosa si intende quando si

all know what is meant by "Star Wars is a

dice che "Star Wars è un film di fantascienza" o si

science fiction film" or by making a list of

fa un elenco di film come Salvate il soldato Ryan,

movies such as Saving Private Ryan, 1917, Full

1917, Full metal jacket e Dunkirk in quanto "film

metal jacket and Dunkirk and calling them

di guerra". Tuttavia, ci sono momenti in cui questo

"war films". However, there are times when

modo semplice di riferirsi a un genere

this easy way of referring to a film genre

cinematografico inizia a diventare un po'

begins to become a bit problematic: for

problematico: per esempio, come si potrebbero

example, how would you call films like

definire film come Mulholland Drive, Blade

Mulholland Drive, Blade Runner 2049, Green

Runner 2049, Green book o La forma dell'acqua?

book or The shape of water?

Se poi si confrontano le riviste che elencano i

programmi TV, si scopre che lo stesso film è

talvolta assegnato a generi diversi, e lo stesso può

accadere se si leggono recensioni di film, si

2

1. Introduction

If you then compare magazines listing TV

programmes, you may find that the same film is

sometimes assigned to different genres, and the

same may happen if you read film reviews,

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