Skyfall (2012)
Trainspotting (1996)
Creed (2015)
What are the generic identities of the two films you have chosen?
Trainspotting - Drama
Creed - Drama
Is there any evidence of sub-genericity?
Trainspotting - Comedy and Social Realism
Creed - Sport
How do you know? (icons, signifiers, narrative structure, character types, actors associated with certain genres etc.)
Trainspotting - The narrative structure of it is similar to Pulp Fiction as different stories are told through the eyes of different characters point of view, however unlike Pulp Fiction it has a more clear narrative. The Character types in it show comedy through ones such as Spud in scenes such as when he goes for a job interview. The sub genre of social realism is shown through the characters who try and dodge the benefit system by pretending to be looking to get a job yet they always mess up their job interviews so they don't have to work and can still live off benefits.
In what ways do the films challenge the genre conventions?
The sub genres are challenged due to the actors that have been used in the films such as Ewan McGregor who is known for steering in films of the drama genre such as American Pastoral.
Outline the films generic identities using non iconographic means
Choose a key sequence from each film and explain how it captures the films genre
The bar scene in Trainspotting where the character Begbie throws a glass off the top floor and it hits a women below and he runs down and pretends that he didn't throw it and says 'no one leaves here until we find who did it' shows a sense of comedy in what is a dramatic film which shows the effects of drug abuse.
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