The traditional children’s story of “Little Red Riding Hood” is used here to illustrate the varying genre styles of soap opera, comedy, crime, documentary and horror, with each change in the story revealing the structural, linguistic and visual conventions of the particular genre the story is reflecting at the time.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
311143
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media - Study and teaching
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Soap operas
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Mass media - Study and teaching
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Written communication - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)