If there is a cinematographic language, genres are very similar to it: conventions allow the understanding of the seventh art to develop more quickly and it is the task of the filmmakers to ensure the transit of forms from the understandable to the novel. This publication of the University Center for Cinematographic Studies, The caterpillar and the butterfly: dramatic genres is a work that may interest not only those who, either by analysis or practice, live day by day with cinema; It is also very useful for the seasoned viewer who tries to take their passion to a different level of delight.
Xavier Robles defines here the features that characterize each dramatic genre under two general categories: the realistic genres (tragedy, comedy, tragicomedy and piece) and the non-realistic (farce, melodrama, social melodrama and fantastic cinema), breaking down within each category the c...read more