What does genre film mean?

Movies made according to the requirements of different genres (or styles). As a film production method, it once occupied a dominant position in Hollywood in 1930s and 1940s, and commercial films in other capitalist countries also took genre concept as the basic concept of film production. The so-called genre refers to the category, category or form of films formed due to different themes or techniques. As a film production method, genre films have the following characteristics: film creators must strictly abide by the basic provisions of the film genre designated by the producers, namely: 1. A formulaic plot. 2. Stereotyped characters. 3. Graphic visual images. According to the psychological characteristics of the audience, the production of genre films focuses on a certain genre in a certain period of time, that is, the so-called "upsurge replacement" method is adopted. When people get tired of watching westerns, they switch to horror movies, then follow other types of movies, and so on. Among many movie types, there are four typical ones, namely comedy, western, crime and fantasy. Genre film, as a shooting method, is essentially a standard of art product standardization. Its regulations and compulsion on film creators can only work under the system of large studios characterized by the exclusive rights of producers. Therefore, with the gradual disintegration of the big studio system after the 1950s, genre films tend to decline, and the strict boundaries between various genres tend to be blurred, becoming more and more a general style division.

In style, theme, structure, and even role types, they all show similar interesting movies. Such as: American westerns, gangster films, musicals. Movies made according to the requirements of different genres (or styles). As a film production method, it once occupied a dominant position in Hollywood in 1930s and 1940s, and commercial films in other capitalist countries also took genre concept as the basic concept of film production. The so-called genre refers to the category, category or form of films formed due to different themes or techniques. As a film production method, genre films have the following characteristics: film creators must strictly abide by the basic provisions of the film genre designated by the producers, namely: 1. A formulaic plot. 2. Stereotyped characters. 3. Graphic visual images. According to the psychological characteristics of the audience, the production of genre films focuses on a certain genre in a certain period of time, that is, the so-called "upsurge replacement" method is adopted. When people get tired of watching westerns, they switch to horror movies, then follow other types of movies, and so on. Among many movie types, there are four typical ones, namely comedy, western, crime and fantasy. Genre film, as a shooting method, is essentially a standard of art product standardization. Its regulations and compulsion on film creators can only work under the system of large studios characterized by the exclusive rights of producers.

There have been different views and differences on the concept of genre film in the history of film. Before the 1960s, film historians and artists regarded Hollywood-type films as similar entertainment products produced in batches according to fixed patterns, rather than works of art ... After the 1960s, the "author theory" held that there must be an "author" behind a good work, and claimed that if you haven't seen all the works of a director, you can't really understand one of his films. This extreme view is only a denial of the former theory, in order to illustrate the importance of the concept of American film genre. Because in their view, the success of a film often benefits from a certain tradition, rather than the unique contribution of the director. This is not essentially different from the idea that American films did not pursue artistic genres in the 1930s and 1940s, but established genre films.

Hollywood genre films are actually similar comparisons in subject matter and theme, image and symbol, characters and plot, form and technique. Especially those stars, when their characters are regarded as the main body of film narrative appreciation, attracting the attention of the audience and exaggerating their talents, people really idealize them. And they are just "static narrative media", as the embodiment of image symbols and genre gestures, as a part of genre forms, they are playing a role. If cowboy John Weiss, detective humphrey bogart and robber Kenney were allowed to perform in musical films, they would certainly not have the unique genre essence of Fred astaire. However, the standardization of Hollywood genre films is not without its positive significance. For some talented and good producers, it is a process of accumulation, improvement and perfection in certain narrative forms and narrative languages. John ford and Hitchcock are like this. This is also the reason why Hollywood can create some fine products. For the audience, it is a pleasure to conform to the genre films that are easy to identify and familiar with the routine. In a sense, Hollywood regards film as a tradition of popular art, while genre electrography emphasizes the relationship between the artist and his material and the relationship between the material and the audience.

Although the production of Hollywood genre films and the development of genre film concepts have enriched the narrative form and narrative language of films to some extent, on the whole, the narrative mode of Hollywood genre films still belongs to the dramatic narrative mode. Genre films emphasize that the plot of the film wins, and the relationship between characters is subordinate to the plot relationship. The development of film narrative is artificial and formalistic, and it is the same as its characters. Hollywood emphasizes coherent editing and smooth combination of time and space to facilitate the linear development of a closed causal relationship. The plot and shot of the film also follow the logical development, trying to create the continuity of time and space, so as to gain the recognition of the audience. The closed structural mode leads to the happy ending of the film, and also determines the hypothesis and unreality of the characters and environment in the film. This narrative mode also brings a series of closed techniques and means: all the information of picture composition is concentrated in the center of the hero on the picture; Lighting creates a bright effect in the hall, isolating people from the real environment and so on. As a stylized method of Hollywood shooting, the "three shots" method replaces the audience's thinking, gives the camera to whom, lets the audience follow the story, and induces the audience to simply identify with the views and attitudes of the film and characters. The method of editing is only to complete the task of dividing the lens, so that the film is smooth, continuous and smooth so that people can't see the traces of editing. This fluency is often the connection between lines, so sound is also the expression of closed space.

These all serve a certain content and praise the sacred and inviolable cultural attributes. Scenery and objects, characters and actions are all stable, and they are concepts with unchangeable cultural attributes. It is this closed attitude that has created a complacent Hollywood movie world. Let the film become a kind of ceremony, and create a truly reappearing illusory world in the eyes of the audience. No matter during the war or the Great Depression, Hollywood always outlines a mythical, ideal or nonexistent "real space" for people.