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Daren Allen Seifert
Do you believe in Genres?

I have mostly made films that would fall into the "Experimental" category. I remember wondering what genre I was creating during my first film and not being able to come up with the answer. I understand genres make it easier to categorize the millions of films out there into what the watcher would l...

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Danny Manus

It's really about what your career goals are. If it's to make poetry and art, then do whatever you'd like. If it's to have a career in the film industry and make a LIVING as a filmmaker/screenwriter a...

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don't bother with genres, that's everyone else's problem )

Danny Manus

It is absolutely not everyone else's problem. It is very much a writer's issue.

Sub-label records

Agree from your perspective, but I just feel when you don't make it an issue, by not restricting yourself to genres, then once you have the finished product, the genre should pretty much define itself...

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Danny Manus

I understand that way of doing it, but the issue is, different genres have different key elements or tropes or requirements that connect with readers, execs, and audiences. I'm not saying you can't ha...

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