Genre
What is Genre
It is a type of category or film, You can create genre through directing a film, You can choose the genre depending on the audience and you can get to understand genre as a student or film critic.
List of Genres:
- Horror
- Thriller
- Comedy
- Action
- Slasher
- Shooter
- Hybrid..(see definition later on)
- Parody
- Drama
- Spin off
- Romantic
- Sci-fi (science fiction)
- Spaghetti western
- Slapstick
- Fiction
- Anime
- Tragedy
- Fantasy
- Adventure
- Documentary
- Mockumentary
- Gangster
- War
Major genre - Dominant important category, generally obvious to the eye.
Sub genre- Minor category of subdivision
Hybrid genre - Combination of major genres (Randomisation)
Certain audiences call to different films and genres
Can be used to sell the film.
Can attract a mainstream audience
Play with a variation of genres
Giving audiences what they expect
Giving historical progression
Define, create and utilise stars
Generic codes and conventions help to identify genres. (Mise-en-scene, Characters and storyline)
Contextualise - make sense of something which is given out of context. Giving it meaning and understanding
Mise-en-scene - Puts into a frame, the set, prop, characters, camera, landscape and lighting of a certain point.
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