Film noir was introduced to Hollywood in the 1940's coming from Western European immigrants film noir translates to film black which is basically suggesting that the films in black and white but not the same as the normal everyday black and white film before colour was introduced. However of this era it was low-key black and white and was only used in more specifically the crime genre. Film noir comes from Germanic cinematography and was at it's Hollywood prime during the early 1940's to late 1950's.
Where did genres come from?
Genres arose from ancient Greece/Italy and there knowledge for literature, poetry, music and performance. When the Romans came and conquered most of Europe they obviously had a great impact of culture across the rest of western Europe.
How did the 'Golden Age of Hollywood' re-enforce genres?
The 'Golden Age of Hollywood' re-enforced genres by allowing them to be shown to a wide audience as back in the 1930's there was only one or two films being shown at the cinema so if you didn't want to watch the horror film then you would have to go and watch the comedy or drama. Having little films being shown it would increase the number of audiences for different genres especially when Hollywood became big many people would go to the cinema to watch any film.
Which genres became popular in Hollywood?
Westerns, Musicals, Screwball comedies and film noir were the most popular in the 1930's to 1940's and a lot has changed since then with totally different types of genre appearing.
The top 5 movie genres starting from 5th (Thriller), 4th (Drama) 3rd (Action), 2nd (Adventure) and topping them all is Comedy. These are the top genres since 1995 which are based off of the pure fact of Box office hits and purely the reason that Comedy has sold more tickets than any other genre probably because everyone loves to laugh and is probably the second greatest feeling being human.
Why do audiences like genre films?
They like genre films for the fact that they now know what they're going to be watching for instance if your about to watch a horror then you'll be ready for what's to come...a fright. However if you want to go to the cinema with your friends or wife you'll pick two opposite genres like a RomCom (wife)/ action adventure (friends) to suite the mood of the night/day.
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