Sterotypes of Genre

After looking at background information about Genre's, we were then each given a piece of writing by our class teacher outlining a short scenario between two characters.
''Character A walks into a bedroom and proceeds to search the room. He/she opens a cupboard and finds a tin box. Character A places the tin box on the end. He/she then takes a small key from her/his pocket and unlocks the tin.
Character B enters the room. He/she takes the box from Character A.''

The only thing which was different about what we were given was each sheet stated a different type of Genre, mine being Sci-Fi.
Individually, we then had to come up with different idea's we gained from the paragraph which related to our genre.

These were the idea's I came up with:

● Set sometime in the future

● Environment was futuristic and unlike nothing the audience have seen before

● Characters A and B look unusual in appearance (perhaps another species of being)

● The key used for the box is a specific shape and works electronically. In other words, it doesn't need to be turned, its just placed in the key whole and changes to a different colour once the key has been accepted.


Outcome:
This task indicated how we each have sterotypical ideas of different types of genres which have been developed through the media that we have been exposed to from a young age. It also showed that a piece of text can easily be changed into another genre depending on factors such as the characters appearance, the props around them and where the text is set.