Genre and Hollywood By Steve Neale
Despite a long-standing intellectual interest in horror in France and else-where in Europe, there was comparatively little serious discussion of the horror film in Britain or America until the publication of books by Clarens in 1968 and by Butler in 1970. In consequence, as Gledhill points out, 'only in the seong half of the 70s was the genre put on the agenda of film studies'(1985b : 99). In partial explanation, she goes on to cite Wood (1979), who refers to the low cultural status of the horror film, and to what she calls 'the special relationship' (1985b : 99) between the genre and its fans and 'aficionados'
Steve Neale then quotes (Wood 1979: 13)
The horror film has consistently been one of the most popular and, at the same time, the most disreputable of Hollywood genres. The popularity itself has a peculiar characteristic that sets the horror film apart from other genres: it is restricted to aficionados and complemented by total rejection, people tending to go to horror films either obsessively or not at all. They are dismissed with contempt by the majority of reviewer-critics, or simply ignored.
Tuesday 11 January 2011
Friday 7 January 2011
Halloween II Title Sequence
00:20 Location
00:28 Date Set
04:20 Authorial
04:25 Production
04:34 Actors
04:48 Film Name
04:57 Production
05.06 Starring
05:13 Starring
05:20 Starring
05:27 Starring
05:35 Starring
05:44 Starring
05:52 Starring
06:01 Edited By
06:10 Executive In Charge Of Production
06:17 Music & In Association With
06:27 Associate Producer
06:34 Production Designer
06:40 Director Of Photography
06:47 Executive Producer
06:55 Written By
07:03 Produced By
07:11 Directed By
The opening titles of Juno in comparison to the opening titles of Halloween II differ in timing and the way that they are shown. The titles of Juno come within the first two opening minutes and are shown over the action. Whereas the titles of Halloween II come after the action and have a separate image accompanying them.
00:28 Date Set
04:20 Authorial
04:25 Production
04:34 Actors
04:48 Film Name
04:57 Production
05.06 Starring
05:13 Starring
05:20 Starring
05:27 Starring
05:35 Starring
05:44 Starring
05:52 Starring
06:01 Edited By
06:10 Executive In Charge Of Production
06:17 Music & In Association With
06:27 Associate Producer
06:34 Production Designer
06:40 Director Of Photography
06:47 Executive Producer
06:55 Written By
07:03 Produced By
07:11 Directed By
The opening titles of Juno in comparison to the opening titles of Halloween II differ in timing and the way that they are shown. The titles of Juno come within the first two opening minutes and are shown over the action. Whereas the titles of Halloween II come after the action and have a separate image accompanying them.
Wednesday 5 January 2011
Our Chosen Film Genre
Today after discussing with Sophie, my partner, we decided upon the genre Horror for our film.
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