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Film Review As A Genre
Film Review As A Genre
Film Review As A Genre
Analysis of Honest Trailers as a Parodic Film Review
Arthea Arese Sunico Quesada
De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
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*Corresponding Author:arthea_quesada@dlsu.edu.ph
Abstract:
As the web created a new environment and changed contexts of communication,
social media has been a popular venue for different forms of free expression (Morgos &
Troffin, 2015). As a multi modal social networking site, Youtube indeed became a new
discourse community. With a spike of 300 Million follower’s in June 2014, Screen Rant’s
primacy in shaping entertainment commentary has been established. The study uses
Miller’s (1998) Genre Theory, to view the purposes of parodic lines narrated through the
videos. Transcripts of the ten most popular Honest Trailer videos, purposively selected
per film genre, were analyzed in terms of macro structure, microstructure and language
features. With a goal to formulate common moves used in this genre, this paper aims to
make film critiquing an interesting yet socially relevant genre in society, accessible to all
users of the web. Results explored different motives that constitutes a Youtube post,
concretized common characteristics of the community of film viewers, and explained the
language features used in Youtube and Parodic Film Reviews. Further studies of other
trending Youtube channels would give more breadth and depth of this research, as it
further classifies Youtube communities into specific groups based on their interests.
KeyWords: Genre Analysis, Film Review, Youtube Videos, Move Analysis