Film genre research by Atika K.
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By Atika Khanom
FILM GENRE
FILM GENRE• In the film world, film genres can be
categorized into many categories.• It is important to do this so that the film can
be presented or sold to the correct audience. • Most film genres contain particular
convention or code, for example the Mystery genre usually ends with the mystery solved. • A film can fall into more than one category
and can also contain sub categories.• Some of the main genres will be analysed in
the following slides.
DRAMA• This genre is the broadest genre from all.• It usually deals with in-depth character
development and explores real emotion at the same time.
• It can be sub-categorised into:• Crime drama• Historical drama• Docudrama• Romance drama• Comedy drama• Psychodrama• Melodrama• Tragedy drama
ACTION & ADVENTURE• Action and adventure movies are quite
similar and both can be .• Action movies contain a protagonist who
is usually in a desperate situation. This usually contains, car chases, explosives, fight scenes etc.
• Adventure movies usually contain a protagonist who goes on a quest or journey in order to accomplish something.
COMEDY• Comedy is a broad and open genre
and its main aim is to make the audience laugh.• These can consist of:• Parodies- which satirizes of mocks
other genres • Romantic comedies• Comic fantasy• Comedy horror• Comic sci-fi
CRIME• The crime genre focuses on the crime
being committed or have been committed. Sometimes, it recounts a criminal account or the path to solving the crime.
• It often falls into the action, adventure, mystery or thriller genres.
• Some sub categories it consists of are:
• Detective stories• Murder mystery• Legal thriller• Gangster
FANTASY• This is usually based on supernatural
or magic stories. • Many animation films fall under this
category.• This can divided into:• Contemporary fantasy• Dark fantasy• Fairy tales• Legends• Science fantasy• Mythic fantasy
HISTORICAL• This is usually based on a
real event or person or a version of a historical event or simply a fictional story set in the past. E.g.
• Some sub genres include:• Biography• Autobiography• Historical fiction
HORROR• This genre’s main aim is to frighten the
audience.• It is usually by playing on the
audience’s emotions through suspense, shock or violence.
• This can be divided into:• Ghost story• Monster• Occult stories, which consist of religious
philosophy ; such as demons, witch craft or demonic possessions.
• Slasher• Survival horror
THRILLERThis genre usually has a serious or dark theme to it and contains fear and excitement. It often mixes with the drama, mystery, horror, action or adventure genres. Sub genres include:• Psychological thriller, where its
mainly based on the protagonists mental state.
• Disaster thriller, where the protagonist has to ‘save’ himself and others from an event.
• Crime thriller• Techno thriller
ROMANCEThis genre usually focuses on a character’s relationship, mutual attraction or about a woman or a man’s attraction .The romance genre can be categorized into:• Romantic comedy(rom-coms) • Romantic dramas, • Romantic thrillers, • Romantic action • Chick-flicks.
SCIENCE FICTIONThis genre is extremely similar to the fantasy genre however, this genre uses scientific understanding. Computers, machines and teleporting are usually features in a Sci-fi movie.This usually coincides with the adventure and thriller genres. This can be sub categorised into: • Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic
fiction• Comic science fiction• Social science fiction• Space opera