Film studies

ParaNorman is a 2012 American 3D stop-motion animated comedy horror film. It is the first stop-motion film to use a 3D color printer to create character faces and only the second to be shot in 3D. Actually, I think that this film is talk about the zombie do evil to the town and town peoples and Norman kill the zombie save the town then become hero. But the truth is the zombie not hurt the town people and hit by the town people instead. I feel so funny when I watch this part. This film is hybrid genres which included action, comedy, horror, teen and fantasy. Genre is a form that people use to categorize type of a film. According to Rick Altman, we can categorize the genre of film based on semantic and syntactic approach. In the simple words, based on the mise-en-scene (lighting, setting, actor’s behavior etc.) and the narrative style of a film, we can identify the genre of that film. Having recently completed a longterm project entitled A Theory of Narrative, published by Columbi...

As I start this essay, I hope that I completely know the genres of Train to Busan. Train to Busan is a 2016 South Korean zombie apocalypse action thriller film directed by Yeon Sang-ho and starring Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, and Ma Dong-seok. The film takes place on a train to Busan, as a zombie apocalypse suddenly breaks in the country and compromises the safety of the passengers. The film premiered in the Midnight Screenings section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival on 13 May. On 7 August, the film set a record as the first Korean film of 2016 to break the audience record of over 10 million theatregoers. The film serves as a reunion for Gong Yoo and Jung Yu-mi, who both starred in the 2011 film The Crucible. An animated prequel, Seoul Station, also directed by Yeon, was released less than a month later. The genres of Train of Busan included zombie action, horror and thriller. Exciting, action-packed and moderately gory, Train to Busan is a satisfying zombie thriller, even if it isn’t en...