Genre Consideration Points

Skyfall (2012)
American Psycho (2000)
Creed (2015)

What are the generic identities of the two films you have chosen?

American Psycho- Drama
Creed- Drama

Is there any evidence of sub-genericity?

American Psycho- Crime and slasher/horror
Creed- Sport

How do you know? (icons, signifiers, narrative structure, characters types, actors associated with certain genres etc)

American Psycho- 
Slasher- Sharp objects, Unsettling music, blood and gory, murders, violence, serial killer, victims and targets,
Drama- Christian Bale in a drama film, Lots of action, dramatic music, excitement, twists

Creed
Sport- Boxing, Real sports arena, real fighters, Sylvester Stallone associated from Rocky, Gyms, Association to other Rocky films.
Drama- Lots of action, Unpredictable, Todorovs equilibrium theory


In what ways do the films challenge the genre conventions?

American Psycho- The film challenges the character type in a slasher film as they are normally very masculine and in a sense psychopathic whereas The main character in this film is very metrosexual and in touch with his feminine side and has a normal everyday job and seems quite normal at the start of the film but turns out to be a psychopath himself.

Creed- It could easily be mistaken as just a sport film due to the whole thing being basedon sport however the scenes with no boxing in show his life which makes it a drama and makes it more realistic.


Outline the films generic identities using non icongraphic means





Choose a key sequence from each film and explain how it captures the film's genre.

American Psycho- The main part of the film is the scene where Patrick chases a prostitute with a chainsaw and instead of chasing her with it throws it down a couple of flights of stairs which then hits her. Also when Patrick kills Paul by hitting him over the head with an axe multiple times gives us the signs that it is a slasher film. The films genre of drama is captured at the beginning of the film when Patrick is going through his daily routine to the audience.

Creed- The part of the film that signifies that this is a Drama is when Adonis meets Rocky and the talk about Apollo Creed someone who Rocky fought in the sequences of them films. The Sport genre becomes clear when Creed is in the gym training for fights which is recomended by Rocky.