Question 1

What role do the conventions of a genre play in its relationship with its audience? Why might a filmmaker choose to stick to those conventions? Why might that filmmaker choose to go against those conventions? How might this effect audience response?

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Question 2

Using the horror film as an example,explain how a genre might be studied as a culturally responsive artifact.

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Question 3

How did Alfred Hitchcock upset audience expectations in North By Northwest?

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Question 4

Identify and explain two approaches a film scholar might adopt when studying a genre.

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Question 5

Explain the difference between the backstage musical and the integrated musical.

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Question 6

In a sentence,explain Robert Warshow's argument about the Western's relationship to the status quo.

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Question 7

Using a film that has been screened in class,discuss the difference between Rick Altman's concept of semantics and syntax.

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Quiz 13: Genre