Research on Genre

When writing my narrative I wanted to do some more research first, a website that helped me was Link to Website media studies website. I found that the genre I have chosen to do has:

•  a high production value
• a younger target audience
• a mainstream production agency - Disney or Warners Studio
• sometimes has an obsessive fan base - e.g. Twilight
• a lot of merchandise 
• often exaggerates life
• use of primary colours - e.g. red, blue, yellow
• high key lighting 
• use of a green screen 
• positive outcome 
• simple and linear narrative 
• Vladimir Propp's character theory can be applied
• quite mystical 
• often set in the past or in an imagined time period 

An image taken from 'Avatar' to show how a green screen adds the environment to a single person. In this example he is the only thing that is not in green for the effects. (Left)



However, another example in a film is in 'Alice in wonderland' where even some of the people and props are in green to have effects added later on. (Below)