Essay Question Plan III

Genres Must Adapt In Order To Survive, Discuss.

Introduction
introduce the main text i will be looking at which is Texas Chainsaw Massacre, give introduction into the story line and plot and ten talk about the time it was made in. talk about why genres need to change to survive where i will link theory of the zeitagist, also a brief look into the genre life cycle.

Para 1
in this paragraph i will talk more about the genre life cycle at what it means to the films, making refrence to my main text i will talk abot how the the texas chainsaw massacre first started with the early horror style. Also i will include audience expectations of genre and what they include and what they expect from the genre.

Para 2
look at another reason of why the genre might adapt or change, introduce the idea of new technology and how this has played a important part in the change of the genre

Para 3
another change which could have forced the genre to change is changes in society, different views on certain things, for example how the audience has become desensortised and now expect films to be more gorry and horific.

Para 4
this will be the other side of the argument and show how some genre conventions have stayed the same as it has proven to be succesful before, will talk more about horror genres and how they still use similiar techniques that are shown in earlier horror films.

Conclusion
give final answer that genres have to adapt over to time to attract audiences becuase the new audience expects different things, and if they were to stick to the same as before then it would not be effective becuase the level of entertainment has changed and what pople used to find entertaining they may not now.