Unit+Three+Key+Concepts

=Unit Three Key Concepts=

MPAA Rating system, which is voluntary but dominant.
 * MPPDA-** Motion Picture Producers and Distributers of America. Founded in 1922 and was designed to advance the business interests of its members. It administers the

the vast majority of motion pictures released by major studios from 1930 to1968.
 * The Production Code-** A.K.A 'Hays Code', a set of industry moral censorship guidelines that governed the production of


 * The Hays Commission -**During the rapid transition from silent to talking pictures they have realized the necessity and the opportunity of subscribing to a Code to govern the production of talking pictures and of re-acknowledging this responsibility


 * The Rating System -** Developed in 1968, this system was created to help discern what material would be present in a film without viewing it (G, PG, PG-13, and R [and, on rare occasion, NC-17]). Each rating stands for a specific set of guidelines that must be met to create a film at a certain level EX: G= General Audiences Admitted, PG= Parental Guidance Suggested, PG-13= Parental Guidance Required (for children under the age of 13 [unless a parent or guardian (over 17) gives permission or attends with the minor]), and R= Restricted to Minors (unless a parent or guardian gives permission or attends the film with the minor).


 * Societal Influences-** when an individual's thoughts or actions are affected by other people. It takes many forms and can be seen in peer pressure, leadership, and persuasion. A psychologist, herbert Kelman identified societal influence into three categories: Compliance, identification, and Internalization.


 * Farce-** A comedy which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations rather than upon the development of characters.


 * Satire-** A comedy in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.


 * Improvisational Comedy-** often topical art form improvisational actors/improvisers use improvisational acting techniques to perform spontaneously. Improvisers typically use audience suggestions to contribute to the content and direction of the performance as they create dialogue, setting, and plot extemporaneously.


 * Anarchic Comedy-** Started to blossom in 1930's the Marx Brothers were used this type of comedy in their films, such as "Duck Soup."


 * Romantic Comedy-** Light-hearted, Humorous plot lines. That are centered on True love.


 * Screwball Comedy-** A type of comedy that became popular in the Great Depression. It was originated in the 1930s and thrived in the 1940s. It is characterized as a combination of slapstick comedy with fast-pace humor to show struggle between economic classes. It is also characterized by farcical situations, escapist themes, and plot lines courtship and marriage. There are lots of twist and turns in this type of comedy.


 * Black Comedy-** Humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes an emotion, all humor is "black humor," and that there is no such thing as "non-black humor"


 * Parody-** A humorous or satirical imitation of other film genres or films, deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. It is an immitation used for comedical purposes on another film or film genre.


 * Buddy Comedy-** A comedy where two friends (boys or girls) go on an adventure together, an ex. is "Some like it Hot"


 * Verbal Comedy-** Comedy used through dialogue from one character to another. Some types of verbal comedies are Puns, Innuendoes, and Malaporism

Hybrid genres

 * Action comedy- blend comic antics and action where the film stars combine wit and one-liners with a thrilling plot and daring stunts.
 * Comedy horror- a type of horror film in which the usual dark themes are treated with a humorous approach; can also rely on over the top violence and gore
 * Fantasy comedy- types of films that uses magic, supernatural and or mythological figures for comic purposes. Most fantasy comedy includes an element of parody, or satire, turning many of the fantasy conventions on their head such as the hero becoming a cowardly fool, the princess being a klutz.
 * Sci-fi comedy- use the elements of science fiction films to over the top extremes and exaggerated science fiction stereotypical characters.