EXAMINING GENRE THROUGH THE THREE

‘S’SLESSON OBJECTIVE: TO EXPLORE HOW GENRE IS SUBVERTED IN NICK FROST

AND SIMON PEGG FILMS

THE THREE ‘S’S

Spoof

Stereotype

Slapstick

How do these contribute to the subversion of the genre? This is the question you will be answering at the end of the lesson

THE WORLD’S END

http://www.theworldsend-movie.com/uk/#home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n__1Y-N5tQk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoU00JIkthg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOSpEPxBPsI

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMT2RwFFs_g

HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=WUCQPXFPMCQ

QUESTION

How is genre manipulated through stereotype, spoof and slapstick comedy in the three films of the ‘cornetto trilogy’?

* How is genre presented through microelements