Genre Task

Deadpool

 Why did you choose the text you are analysing? 

I chose Deadpool simply because its a fantastic film the carries elements of action adventure into a comedy based movie.

 In what context did you encounter it?

 I've watched it in the cinema as everyone generated hype all over the internet and my friends gave me good comments about it, so thats what motivated me to watch it.

What influence do you think this context might have had on your interpretation of the text? 

It didnt represent heros in a very conventional way as heroes are meant to be motivated serious beings but this film got the humorous side of things.

To what genre did you initially assign the text? 

I could recognise the film to be a comedy fil mainly since its trailer contained jokes and adult funny refrences which make the audience interested to view it.

 What is your experience of this genre?

 Ive enjoyed mostly every film i watched from the comedy genre because it diverts you away from the real world and cheers you up.

 What subject matter and basic themes is the text concerned with?

Conventionally in action adventure films the protagonist always gets the prize, and just like how most films are Deapool follows this principle the defeat the villan character and claim the princess.

 How typical of the genre is this text in terms of content?

 As said before its very clear to point out its a comedy film because of the actions the characters do, references they make, jokes the say and at the end of the day u cannot take them seriously.

 What expectations do you have about texts in this genre?

In this action comedy you expect to be funny as well as fast paced due to the action genre elements.

 Have you found any formal generic labels for this particular text (where)? 

When the protagonist Deadpool master-baits in a blind ladies house, and at the end in the fight scene.

What generic labels have others given the same text?

They have mentioned the same things.

Which conventions of the genre do you recognise in the text? 

Includes a funny protagonist, fierce antagonist, prize role and funny references.

To what extent does this text stretch the conventions of its genre? 

It carries a conventional action narrative although it subverts it as it contains humour which action films shouldn't have, this is partly why it was successful.

Where and why does the text depart from the conventions of the genre?

He brings jokes when his girlfriend is kidnapped, he doesn't know when to be serious and these are things a hero should do.

Which conventions seem more like those of a different genre (and which genre(s))? 

When he has fun with his prize and this fits into the romantic comedy genre.

Mode of address

 What sort of audience did you feel that the text was aimed at (and how typical was this of the genre)? 

I believe that its aimed at young adult demographic to mid 30's

 How does the text address you? 

The jokes mentioned in film were really funny and appealed to me because I'm young and into comedy films.

What sort of person does it assume you are?

A comic superhero teenager who enjoys comedy and funny puns.

What assumptions seem to be made about your class, age, gender and ethnicity? 

working class, young, mainly male.

What interests does it assume you have? 

Interested in action and comedy movies.

Relationship to other texts

 What intertextual references are there in the text you are analysing (and to what other texts)?

 It references to other superheroes such as Green Lantern as well as referencing adult humour.

Generically, which other texts does the text you are analysing resemble most closely?

 Humour and Romance

 What key features are shared by these texts? 

 The plot and the conflict that creates disequilibrium half way through the film

 What major differences do you notice between them?

It include more graphic effects and fast paced editing.