Genre Research: Western and Musical

Western is a type of genre that describes a time period/ location. The past was so enriched with culture, action and adventure that it found itself being its own movie genre. When it comes to the camera angles angles of the Western Genre there isn't anything in specific that the Western genre and only the Western genre uses. It implements a plethora of camera angles. The Western genre does implement numerous amounts of medium shots, close shots and extreme close shots. The genre heavily relies of close shots as during the Western times there wasn't much going on in the background. From movie to movie you would also get many tracking and panning shots. Scenery is an important aspect in western movies and it wouldn't be surprising if you found an establishing or panning shot in all western films. The Mis- En-Scene in these films are subjugated to the time period. Which means its always the same. Cowboy attire is the main attraction and any clothing found in that time period. Editing in this genre is simple. The amount of visual effects found in this films are nowhere near the amount found in a Sci-Fi. The effects are minimal and can only be lighting fixes, cuts and anything of the sorts. Some examples of Western films are Django Unchained, The Assassination of Jesse James and The Hateful Eight. Common sound in my genre is old time music. Most soundtracks will consist of traditional instruments and not any computer sounds. Sounds like gunshots and horses are found in these films. I like the action in my genre, the action is raw and real. I can really resonate with what's happening because its grounded in real life. I don't like the culture in film, there isn't anyone I can resonate with due to the time period. 

Musicals are a genre where they sing. Musicals have traditional camera angles and mostly medium shots and also wide shots to show everything that is happening since most of the time people are singing and dancing. The Mis-En- Scene is heavily dependant on what is happening in the movie. With a movie like Cats the costumes were cat costumes and its located in a house where cats would be. Editing in Musicals is mostly sound implementation. They mostly do the singing in post then re add it to the scene for better audio. My genre elements mostly consist of singing and dancing, that is basically what a musical is. Some examples of a musical is obviously High School Musical and Teen Beach Movie and Cats. Most sounds are the music and the voices of the actor, the soundtrack is the main appeal of a musical. I like the music and the dancing and how energetic the movies are. I hate how the songs can sometimes be consistently bad and annoying.