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Film Genre (What are some of the different genres you can think of?…
Film
Genre
What are some of the different genres you can think of?
Musical
comedy
buddy comedy
Action/Adventure
Rom com
Drama Comedy
Horror
based on a true story
sci fi
western
Sitcom
Thriller
Drama
medical drama
Crime drama
6 characters in a horror
A good example of this is Cabin in the woods
Crime
legal drama
Animation
cartoon
Family
Documentry
Fantasy
Crime Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Supernatural
Romance
What are elements that films in a genre have in common?
Characters
Love interest
black character
comic sidekick or stupid/stoner friend
Hero
bad guy
nerd
best friend
Jock
old lady
nice guy
victim
damsel in distress
costume
music
camera angles
lighting
props
Link Title
Music
Sound effects
Setting
In s
Space
haunted house
boat
high school
desert island
lair
once upon a time
america
undergound
new york
Cinematography
hand held camera
High/ low angle
How does genre affect filmmakers?
audience appeal
more guarantee of revenue
makes it easier to write
gives them a target audience
How does film genre affect Audiences?
Makes them react in different ways
audience become satisfied as they predict correctly what will happen
easy to know if you might enjoy a film, based on others of same genre
eg I might go to see Valerian & COATP because I know I like other Sci Fi films
sometimes they get it wrong and you wind up watching a really bad movie from a genre you enjoy. I'm looking at you, Batman V Superman.
They're are different times of sub-genres and sometimes sub-genres and normal genres make hybrid -genres
like Tucker and Dale VS Evil is horror-comedy
Genres change and develop over time
new genres sometimes develop
Genres may become less popular and even die out
or they may experience a surge in popularity