Cinematic techniques and literary forms are governed by tacit conventions rather than necessity

Evidence

All styles, in the form of distinctive modes of expression, are conventions. Nineties hip-hop fashion was a well-known, tacit agreement to wear “oversized fits and long silhouettes.” Art relies on convention to create aesthetic experiences. There are accepted guidelines that shape the creation and consumption of an artwork—the three-act structure and happy endings of Hollywood films, repeating choruses in pop songs, the fact that fans can sing along at a rock concert but not at a classical performance, the use of “[Catchy Phrase]: [How Something Did Something]” in the subtitles of nonfiction books. Recent Hollywood films deploy the convention of a “yellow filter” in postproduction to make footage from Central America and India look more squalid and sinister. — W. David Marx, Status and Culture, 122

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘convention’ by expansive list of examples, from hip-hop silhouettes to yellow-filter film grading.
• CANDY: The yellow-filter point about Hollywood rendering Central America and India more squalid is a good cocktail-conversation fact.
• XREF: connects to: Genuine artistic negation requires being saturated with tradition first — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry: Selected Essays…, 165

Broader Connections

• Genuine artistic negation requires being saturated with tradition first #corroborates (0.72) — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 165