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CHAPTER 10
MOVIE GENRES: CONVENTIONS, FORMULAS:, AND AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Fordism inspired Hollywood studios to
2. In the first films of the 1890s, common formulas for short films included
3. In romantic comedies,
4. Which of the following statements about slapstick comedies is NOT correct?
6. In westerns,
7. An example of a psychological horror film is
8. An example of a detective film is
9. A historical paradigm is
10. Film noir
A. uncovers darkness and corruption in virtually all its characters.
FILL-IN-THE-BLANK QUESTIONS
2. In a _____________, a spiritual evil erupts in the human realm, sometimes to avenge a moral wrong and
3. In the 1930s and 1940s, _____________ transformed the humor of the physical into fast-talking verbal
4. In _____________, the idyllic and redemptive moments of song and dance are part of everyday lives. (integrated
5. A _____________ is created through the interaction of different genres to produce fusions, such as musical horror
SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS (3–4 SENTENCES)
1. What was the Paramount decision of 1948, and what was its effect on movie genres?
2. What is generic reflexivity? Give two examples of what it might convey in a film.
3. How do generic formulas provide patterns for developing stories in a particular genre?
4. What effect might be created for the film viewer when a revisionist genre film realigns certain generic
expectations or breaks with certain generic conventions?
5. Explain two possible uses of genre in publicizing a film.