Genre
1) What example is provided of why visual iconographies are so important? The example given to provide the info as to why visual iconographies are so important is a broadsheet newspaper and codes and conventions. 2) What examples are provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre? The aspects of a text which the audience recognises as the characteristics of a genre are Generic codes and conventions. There are specific elements within the genre that are shared that straight away makes the audience certain to recognise a western. 3) What is the difference between character representation in action movies and disaster movies? Certain stereotypes are generally linked to different to specific genres. For instance the lone wolf hero is a convention of an action text. The lone wolf hero tends to be outside of a supportive group and act on his own without having anyone to weigh him down, he works by himself to fight against the villains or stop whatever threat is