HOW DO YOUR CHOSEN TEXTS USE GENRE CONVENTIONS?

 

 

 

My three texts I studied within this industry are 'Sin City', 'Fish Tank' and 'District 9'. They all follow certain conventions in order to establish a genre and gratify the chosen audience.

 

Sin City, made in 2007 is a hybrid genre made up of Film Noir conventions and a Comic Book style. The narrative follows Vladamir Propps theory of character roles (hero/villain/princess) which is common in Comic Books. For example, when Dwight (the hero) fights and confronts Jackie Boy (the villain) for the love of Shelley (the princess).

 

A cynical protagonist is a common convention of the Film Noir genre, as it reflects the time when there was the threat of nuclear annihilation during the cold war period of the 1940's when the film noir genre was born. Marve, a protagonist in the narrative says "hell is waking up everyday not knowing why you are here." This quote is said as a voice over, clearly showing the