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Question: What is meant by terms such as ‘generic instability’ or ‘generic constellations’? Discuss a film from the module which crosses the definitional borders suggested by these terms.
Answer: Classifying films according to genre was one of the earliest methods of organising the production and marketing of films by Hollywood. It allows for standardisation and product differentiation in a market flooded by competitors. However genre is more than an industry device. It is a fluid and changing state of film conventions....(short extract)
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- Subject: Media Studies
- Course: Cinema, Text and Classification (MC3515)
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 70%
- Words: 1901
- Date submitted: December 18, 2009
- Date written: December, 2004
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2338
