Analysis of the multiple genre conventions of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" (Series one -Teachers Pet).
Genres are governed by conventions and these codes help us to recognise the genre of the program. Multi-genres differ from this style, as they contain the codes and conventions from a variety of different genres, making it harder to identify and group. For a multi-genre to be successive it must contain many different genres. "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" is a prime example of a multi-genre as it contains the multitude of different codes and conventions needed.
The conventions that are used within "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" are all represented through a series of codes in each individual episode. The typical conventions are constructed through the settings and location, cloths and make-up, colours, iconography and the final mise-en-scene of each episode.
The series is set in an American suburban town called "Sunnydale", which instantly connotes a pleasant and happy middle class society, where nothing truly bad could ever happen. The main settings within this town are the high school where Buffy and her friends go to school, Buffy's house and later on in the series "the magic shop". .
In this episode "Teachers Pet" Buffy's biology teacher, Dr. Gregory, is attacked after class by a giant preying mantis, but as far as the students know, their teacher is just missing. The next day, Dr. Gregory's class is being taught by a substitute teacher, the comely Miss Natalie French, who drives Xander gaga. She tells the class about the science fair, and asks for volunteers to help her create a model of praying mantis egg sacks after school. As expected, Xander's hand shoots up, as does the footballer Blayne's and every other boy in the class. Miss French decides that Blayne can be her assistant that afternoon, and Xander the next. Later in the cafeteria, Cordelia opens the fridge to discover Dr. Gregory's headless body.
BUFFY: THE SUPREME KICKER OF EVIL BUTT AND TELEVISION RATINGS. ... "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" has changed this, Buffy sharing those characteristics and displaying them dominantly and powerfully. ... PIKE : "Buffy, you"re not like other girls." BUFFY : "Yes, I am." ... Buffy Sommers" parents are divorced, reflecting a growing society trend. ...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer appropriates the gothic genre as it maintains the characteristics of the genre whilst also makes constant referrals and allusions to various elements of the genre. ... Buffy deals with the common thematic preoccupations of the gothic genre and particularly explores themes such as Christianity and feminism, along with other characteristic themes of the gothic genre. Buffy the Vampire Slayer appropriates the gothic genre through the use of archetypal characters, the strange settings, villains and heroes, secret passages and realms and, of course, transgressive sexuali...
In fact, cultural otherness also deals with being different from cultural conventions. ... Furthermore, there will be an introduction to a current comic and television-series called Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ... In the following chapters, one of these, Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Joseph Whedon, will be introduced. ... Buffy the Vampire Slayer Both, the comic as well as the television series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer were created by Joseph "Joss" Whedon. ... Furthermore, his favoured genres are Science fiction, supernatural drama, comedy-drama and superhero stories. ...
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Buffy the Vampire Slayer is about Buffy a teenage girl who finds out that she is the Chosen One. ... Buffy has only loved on man, Angle. Angle, vampire with a soul, and Buffy were soul mates. ... Giles was a father figure for Buffy. ... When he learned that Buffy was brought back from the dead he came back, but left again when he realized that Buffy needed to be on her own. ...
Admittedly, Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon by Michael Adams initially presents itself as yet another publication geared solely towards obsessive fans of a genre television program. ... Buffy is a text that people care about. ... So, Adams' attraction to the show is based more on his love of language than on a love for genre television. ... "Buffy the Vampire Slayer not only invents slang, but intends to do so- (p22). ... Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon offers a model illustration of today's youth culture and serves not only as a vehicle for ...
Ultimately these genres were linked to the stage, and the most popular genre of the 19th century melodrama was formed. ... From the beginning, cinema has employed the genre system, but the rise of the Studio System in the 1920's and 30's basically opened the door for movie genres. ... Film Genres are made up of many elements with the most dominant dimensions Conventions, Formulas, and Expectation, which are uses to identify certain genres and distinguish them from others. Conventions are the properties or features that identify a genre, Formulas are the patterns for developing storie...
It was a cold and dark night. She kept on running away from the evil that was lurking. She couldn't possibly know what was chasing her. Elizabeth Perkins was beginning to run out of breath. She stopped, hoping that the person, or thing, chasing her would simply vanish. Then, right before her eyes, ...
Conventional definitions of genres tend to be based on the notion that they constitute particular conventions of content such as themes or settings and form/style which are shared by other films which are regarded as belonging to them. ... Genre is a complex concept with multiple meanings which could be identified in a number of ways: - As a formula, structure or framework on which individual films are formed - As a contract between production and audience expectations... Each genre has common concepts and conventions which in turn create certain expectations for the audience. ... For exa...
Movies belonging to the gangster genre follow a basic formula, which is of similar conventions, characters, values, resolutions, and conflicts. ... The city is the primary environment, allowing multiple non-gang related people to be present, "The gangster film usually takes place in the concrete jungle, among the endless streets and crowded buildings most of the action occurs at night- . Little Caesar is shot entirely using night as the time of day though Goodfellas breaks conventions and allows daytime to exist for a large sum of the movie's whole. ... From early on in Goodfellas, the ...
