NEXT RULE SET POLL

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  

All ten films have been done for the Disaster Film Rules, but what happens after that?  Well, do this poll to choose the next set of rules tested:

Categories listed (follow the links for description and further polling):

• Action
• Comedy & Musicals
• Crime
• Drama, Historical & Epics
• Exploitation
• Horror
• Science Fiction/Fantasy
• Sex & Romance
• Suspense & Thriller
• Other

~ DUG.

POLL Results

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?

The third place in the poll so far.  This blog will continue on Wednesdays.

~ DUG.

NEXT RULE SET POLL

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  

All ten films have been done for the second batch of Slasher Rules.  The next month will see the results of those (and combined with the original lot)... but what happens after that?  Well, do this poll to choose the next set of rules tested:

At the moment "Disaster Films" is winning and "Bond Films" is losing (the loser will be removed from the list).  To help - or stop - either of those happening, have your say.

~ DUG.

ROM COM RULES - Why Rule 1 [The Characters]?

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  Why do the Rom Com rules exist?

I looked at 10 rules the Rom Com genre followed, tested 10 films against them and analysed the results, but I never looked at the rules themselves, so let's look at the first Rom Com rule...

THE FILM RULES - Intermission

Film genres have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  

With 5 of the 10 second batch of Slasher films done, and after Friday's special Friday the 13th postt, I thought we'd take a little break... and look at how things work here:

DUGGY'S BLOGS - 10 Rules to Doctor Who

Looking at the Rules that film genres follow or don't... 

A post from this blog has been cleaned up and reformatted and now appears on "Duggy's Blogs."  You can check it out if you want.

~ DUG.

THE FILM RULES - Year Two

Looking at the Rules that film genres follow or don't...

THE FILM RULES - Intermission

Film genres have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  

With 5 of the 10 Manic Pixie Dream Girl films done, a special Halloween post on Friday and Year Two about to start, I thought we'd take a little break... and look at how things work here:

THE FILM RULES - Bottom Ten #2

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  Let's look at how the posts are going...

My ten posts on this blog that get have the lowest average weekly traffic.

Why a bottom 10 and not a top ten?  Surely showcasing the better, more popular blogs would be smarter?  Well, I've never been one to equate popularity with quality.  Sure, some may be popular because they are quality, but some may be popular because they contain the words "Doctor Who" or "Nudity" and so get more hits.  But the popular ones are already getting traffic, the unpopular ones are the ones that need the boost.

MY OTHER BLOGS - Poll

 Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?

The following is a list of my blogs and your chance to rank them best to worst.

TOP X TOPICS

Looking at online lists.

• TOP TEN TOP X LISTS:  A look at the 10 best lists on a topic and the top 10 created from them.
• OVERTHINKING THE EVIL OVERLORD LIST:  A satirical look at the already satirical "If I Where an Evil Overlord" List.  [Now part of Super Villain Advice]
• RANDOM TOP X:  Random List stuff.
• TOP X THINGS YOU PROBABLY KNEW ABOUT: Challenging "Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About..." lists.
• TOP X LISTS DEBUNKED:  A look at lists of facts and trivia to see how much fact they contain.  [Now part of Internet Truth Debunked]

THE FILM RULES

A look at the rules and formulas certain genres follow.

• RANDOM RULES:  Random Rules stuff.
• THE SLASHER FILM RULES:  Testing the rules followed by Slasher/Horror films.
• ROM COM RULES:   Testing the rules followed by Romantic Comedy films.
• LESBIAN ROMANCES:  Testing the rules followed by Lesbian Romance films.

TRUTH IS JUST AS STRANGE AS FICTION

A look at truth and fiction.

• REAL LIFE SUPER VILLAINS:  Real people who may actually be Super Villains.  [Now part of Super Villain Advice]
• RANDOM TRUTH:  Random "True" stuff.
• CUE THE HORROR THEME MUSIC:  Real events that seem like the set up of horror films.
• WHY ISN'T THIS A FILM:  Real life people and events that should be films.  [Now part of SCREEN SCREENER]
• SIMPSONS DID IT:  Things that happened on The Simpsons that then occurred in real life.
• PRINT THE LEGEND:  The truth behind commonly believed stories.  [Now part of INTERNET TRUTH DEBUNKED]

THE TV & DVD COMPLETIST

Dealing with my need to own complete sets of DVDs.

• BREAKING THE COMPLETIST:  Things I don't want to own, but leave my set incomplete.
• THE EXTRAS COMPLETIST:  Short films and mini-episodes for a variety of series.
• THE INCOMPLETIST:  Things I want to own on DVD but can't get.
• THE COMPLETIST RANT:  Complaints about things to do with DVD collecting.
• THE COMPLETIST'S GUIDE:  Listing the order for series.  [Now part of SCREEN SCREENER]

UNMADE SF

Proposed, unproduced or incomplete Science Fiction films and series.

STEPPING ON POINT

Helping find places to start comics and some of the codes that comic companies and fans use.

• THE COMIC CODE: Deciphering comic jargon.
• COMIC ISSUES:  Recommended collections as starting points.
• FIRST ISSUES:  Upcoming first issues and stepping on points.
• UNIVERSES:  Explaining some of comic book's shared universes.

THE BOOKS ON...

Book reviews.

• THE BOOKS ON MY SHELF:  General books.
• THE BOOKS ON FILM:  Books about films and the making of...
• THE BOOKS ON MY  BOOKLIST:  Books I studies at university.
• THE BOOKS ON TELEVISION:  Books about television and the making of...
• THE BOOKS ON MY DEVICE:  Books on my tablet or phone.
• THE BOOKS ON LOAN:  Books I've borrowed from someone.

SUPER VILLAIN ADVICE

Advice for Super Villains or Super Advice for Villains.  Not sure which.

• ASK A SUPER VILLAIN:  Advice column.
• EVIL OVERLORD LIST REDUX:  A satirical look at the already satirical "If I Where an Evil Overlord" List.  [Continuing from TOP X TOPICS]
• REAL LIFE SUPER VILLAIN:  Real people who may actually be Super Villains.   [Continuing from TRUTH IS AS STRANGE AS FICTION]
• SUPER VILLAIN POV:  A look at books, comics and film about the villain.
• SUPER VILLAIN CLASSIFIEDS:  Classified ads for Super Villains, Henchmen and Super Heroes.

SCREEN SCREENER

About films and television.

• COMPLETING FILMS SHOWDOWN:  Two films released close together.  Which is better?
• WHY ISN'T THIS ON SCREEN:  Real life people and events that should be films.  [Continuing from TRUTH IS AS STRANGE AS FICTION]
• THE SCREENER'S GUIDE:  Listing the order for series.  [Continuing from THE TV & DVD COMPLETIST]
• SHORT FILM SCREENER:  10 Short films available online.

INTERNET TRUTH DEBUNKED

Debunking falsehoods.

• INTERNET RESHARES DEBUNKED:  Things reshared proven fake.
• INTERNET MEMES DEBUNKED:  Making fun of fun.
• CRYPTOZOOLOGY DEBUNKED:  A look a fake pictures of fake creatures.

Please do the survey and rank the blogs.

~ DUG.

VIEWING SCHEDULE

Film genres have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  But which films, when?

This is a provisional schedule of the upcoming films tested for the current rules sets.  Dates may be subject to change.  All dates are Australian and are posted Mondays around 10am Australian Eastern Standard Time (GMT+10).

THE FILM RULES - Bottom 10

Films have formulas and rules, but how well do films follow those formulas?  Let's look at how the posts are going...

My ten posts on this blog that get have the lowest average weekly traffic.

Why a bottom 10 and not a top ten?  Surely showcasing the better, more popular blogs would be smarter?  Well, I've never been one to equate popularity with quality.  Sure, some may be popular because they are quality, but some may be popular because they contain the words "Doctor Who" or "Nudity" and so get more hits.  But the popular ones are already getting traffic, the unpopular ones are the ones that need the boost.

THE FILM RULES - Overview #2

The Films Rules blog is about looking at the rules that films follow Overview #1.

THE ROM COM FILM RULES

The  10 RomCom Rules are explored in the following film posts:

• Roman Holiday (1953)
• 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
• Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

THE SLASHER FILM RULES

The 10 Slasher Film Rules explored in the following film posts:

• Wolf Creek (2005)
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)

RANDOM RULES

A rant not relating to the above rules:

• 10 Ways Film Nudity can be more than Gratuitous Titillation.

~ DUG.

Other Overview Posts.

THE FILM RULES - Overview #1

The Films Rules blog is about looking at the rules that films follow.

THE FILM RULES - Introduction

Different films and types of films come with rules.

These films create and define genre but they can also make them predictable.  Sometimes it is that predictability that the viewer wants, sometimes following the rules make the film more special when it breaks them.

This blog is designed to test some of the commonly known film rules to see if they are really used in film and conversely to see how closely a variety of films follow the rules of their genre.

A list will be created, through personal observation and viewer consensus (the web, mentions in popular culture, etc).  This list will be blogged.

Then films from the genre will be watched and how they follow the rules analysed.  Eventually, when 10 films have been done how the rules stand up will be looked at.

There will also be the occasional random rule list to keep things bubbling.

• The Slasher Rules.
• The Rom Com Rules.

~ DUG.