A Specific Genre

War Film

Out of the many genres, we are most interested in doing a war film as we already have the equipment available such as props and costumes and know of some appropriate locations that will work well for our project.

The standard technical codes and conventions for war films are specific to what war the film is based on for example a typical WW2 film would feature the uniforms and weapons that they used at the time, however in a fantasy war film, it is likely the film would feature armour and swords for the use of props. For our film we would like to base it on the time period of WW2

John Belton, a professor who specializes in film history and cultural studies. Identified four narrative elements of the war film: "1) the suspension of civilian morality during times of war, 2) primacy of collective goals over individual motivations, 3) rivalry between men in predominantly male groups as well as marginalization and objectification of women, and 4) depiction of the reintegration of veterans."