Research into Genre

The modern satire genre is a genre in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, and society itself, into improvement. This basically refers to the film taking a new perspective on a general issue in order to exploit it and make more people notice the flaws in the way society are viewing the issue.

The 1867 edition of Punch magazine included a great deal of satire and contemporary, social and political scene. This truly demonstrates that satire has existed for years upon years.

In the case of my short film “Flicker”, I have produced a satirical view on the way in which our modern day society is consumed and surrounded by the media. The satirical message used here establishes meaning through a message.

Satire is nowadays found in many artistic forms of expression, including literature, plays, commentary, television shows, and media such as lyrics. Satire and humor Laughter is not an essential component of satire; in fact there are types of satire that are not meant to be "funny" at all. Conversely, not all humor, even on such topics as politics, religion or art is necessarily "satirical", even when it uses the satirical tools of irony, parody, and burlesque. Even light-hearted satire has a serious "after-taste": the organizers of the Ig Nobel Prize describe this as "first make people laugh, and then make them think".

Literary satire is usually written out of earlier satiric works, reprising previous conventions, commonplaces, stance, situations and tones of voice. Exaggeration is one of the most common satirical techniques