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Hey guys, welcome back! If you’ve read my recent blog, I talked about creating my 2-minute video for my portfolio, and one of the main things I needed to focus on was the genre and how I’m going to use it. I researched different genres to understand how genre conventions help an audience quickly recognize what type of video they are watching. Genre is important in media because it sets expectations for the audience, such as the emotion, storyline, and overall style of the clip. Even though I haven’t fully chosen my final genre yet, researching genre conventions has helped me plan how I want my video to look and feel.
Genre Conventions!
What I focused on most were popular genres often used in short-form videos, such as suspense, comedy, and drama. My favorite is comedy, and most of the best comedy movies include Adam Sandler. I love him. Anyways, I noticed that suspense videos often use dark lighting, intense background music, close-up shots, and fast cuts to build tension and keep the audience on edge, sometimes leading to a jump scare or intense moment. Comedy videos usually use bright lighting, exaggerated acting, sound effects, and quick reactions to make moments feel funny and entertaining. On the other hand, drama videos often focus on emotional dialogue, slower pacing, close-up shots, and meaningful music to help the audience connect to the characters. I won’t lie, drama is a good genre too. I did look up some diagrams and little notes that would help me, and I brought the image below.
This research has helped me understand that once I choose my final genre, I need to stay consistent with its conventions. This will be challenging for me, but by doing so, my video will feel more professional i hope, and easier for the audience to follow, even within a short time frame. Honestly, doing all these research case studies has helped me learn a lot and has been very helpful for my assignments and, most importantly, my portfolio. One of my best go to's is Wikipedia and youtube super helpful. I’ll end it here
until next time, bye guysss!
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