Do Genres change over time?
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Thursday 22nd November 01 Do Genres change over time? Most people who come across the term genre take it to mean 'type' films at first sight are easily sorted into types horror movies, musical, western etc. A example of this could be taken from a western, we can list all the features that make up this genre men in Stetsons, women in long skirts, horses used as transport. There are gunfights love affairs, bank robberies; all these ingredients are which go into a film to make up the action of a western. From this we may be confident that the setting, characters who usually have a clear appearance and a limited number of personality traits for easy identification. The symbols in the frame (guns, etc) the type of conflict shown and the way conflicts are resolved all contribute to genre. But there as always been a problem to find the point at which one...


