Blog Post 10 - What is Genre?

What is Genre?

Genre; type or category

Sub-Genre; A subdivision of a genre.
            (different parts in a genre)

Hybrid Genre; Genre in a fiction that bends themes and elements from two or more genres
 e.g Rom Com



Codes & Conventions; What you put in the film to make it then genre

Genre Tropes; Something overused, making it cliché


Genre Preferences:

Chick Flick

By looking at this film still, it is easy to approach what sort of genre it is presenting. For example, in this image, you could easily tell it is based in a school, whilst two girls side by side are on the phone.

Example: Clueless






Comedy

 This film still presents a group of men laughing with the police, from this image, you could tell that it is comedy due to the bright use of light for the scenery other than a horror with a dark atmosphere.


Example: Grown Ups 2

Action

This example of an Action film could easily be told through this film still as the image shows conventions of an action film.  For example the way they are positioned and lined against each other as they stare away, whist the background is quite misty and the city stands in the back.

Example: Fast and Furious 7