Steve Neale- theories round genre

 Steve Neale- theories round genre 


twin peaks 

buffy the vampire slayer

the wire


paradigmatic features of the zombie sub genre

  • mortality
  • rising from the dead
  • undead
  • pale face
  • creepy child (victor)
  • movement en mass- the horse 
  • cinematography- dusk shooting
  • soft focus
  • shock jump scares
  • narrative fragments0- flashbacks 
  • enigmas- where did they come from?

French 'poetic realism'

eg. jean renoir, marcel crane and jean vigo 
focused on aesthetic and has a lyrical style, aims to highlight poetry within reality 
otherworldly purity from lighting and camera techniques 
disillusioned characters with one last chance to happiness. have a sense of impending doom and bittersweet irony. 


key words
  • hegemony 
  • polysemy- more than one meaning 
  • intertextual- reference to other texts 
  • ideology
  • negotiation


"is it essential for TV shows to offer multiple meanings"
- reference yo les revenants

- yes
- to keep the audience interested 
- reaching a wider audience to survive
- to help it stand out 



what are the genre conventions of las revenants, how do they work and how have they developed?

genre- styles a product can be categorised to

- categorises media text, allows audiences to identify wat type of media product it is based of their own expectations and prior knowledge. 
- for producer it allows them to specify target audiences and ensure profit 

las revenants
- more challenging and subversive approach to genre conventions
- its polysemic/ hybrid- having ore than one meaning and more than one genre creating a more complex narrative 

context
- French 'drama' series relapsed in 2012 produced by canal+
- distributed by channel 4 for British audiences in 2013 



drama
distance shots- establish scene, light open scene, nothing implies danger 
Camille- first character seen, stablished her as a focus
camera- close ups of Camille,  

horror/ danger 
music- simple, slow doesn't build up, does not imply danger
- goes to loud, uncomfortable electronic ringing, juxtaposition/ contrasts to soft piano, but with a building drum, then leads to her alive. this builds up to implied danger and leads to a more horror theme, in the implied anger 

emphasised breathing and footsteps- focuses on her being alive
throughout episode- the lighting gets darker  
















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