Media Magazine research task

How film genres are changing and developing:

 Farewell to the gothic...hello to science fiction
MM47: Farewell to the gothic...hello to science fiction this BFI gothic cinema season draws to close as another door opens. In the Genre of science it has changed as from them having different themes for example you have your classic science fiction which is Alien, planet of the apes and village of the damned. But looking at the genre of Science fiction in the article there is the new and adventure type which like tomorrow-land, attack on block and night watch which is comedic. Science Fiction has gone to a range by deep space to teleportation, alien invasion and animals ruling the world. The articles goes through different science fiction movies such as Elysium which is more about technology and war and the develops itself more than just giving a reality moment that this could happen in the world.

 'The News editors must be loving this'
MM52: The article gives the movie Nightcrawler information about how it is a crime thriller, the crime thriller genre changes the audience as not everybody would love a reporter being dark trying to get to the top. For example Whiplash which is drama, music not everybody is going to watch it as they may not be interested by a person wanting to be the best drummer. Genre gives movies a foundation for having specific audience and also using true events such as Night crawler. The Genre gives the idea of the movie as for example Nightcrawler could be anything to people but by it being shown we know but the genre gives a unique type of audience.

A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
MM36:TV crime Drama shows like Columbo, Magnum PI were all solo detectives but now genres have changed that when you think of TV crime you have Bones, Body of proof, Castle and many more. The developing of the genre is that detectives are not solo any more they have partnerships as for people all working together now. The article talks about how Sherlock Holmes the movie did show good collaboration as it was a TV crime Sherlock which did the same. It states that out of all the shows that this is a match made in heaven as to the collaboration they have for eachother. The genre of crime is developing as they are adding more to characters to giving a variety for audience to like.