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Introduction

Films of different genres will contain different features. Comedy films entertain the viewers with

laughter, while horror films entertain through suspense or fear. The writer allows the audience

to feel the typical emotions for the genre of Se7ven and Dumb and Dumber. Se7en portrays

frightening scenes, while Dumb and Dumber portrays humorous scenes.

Se7en

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Horror GenreTypical Horror Film

• Fear, disgust and horror.

• Mostly macabre and supernatural.

• Frighten, panic and startle the viewer.

• The irrational, the unknown and fear within man himself.

Se7en

Dumb and Dumber

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Comedy GenreTypical Comedy Film

Main emphasis is humor.

Sarcasm, stereotyping and mockery.

Physical mishap, practical jokes, and accidents.

Typically have a happy ending.

Dumb and Dumber

Conclusion

Comedy and horror are the genre for the films Dumb and Dumber and Se7en. In comedies, characters will experience

embarrassment, while in horror they will experience frightening acts. These two films portray both of these effects which is typical

for the two genre.

Questions

Referances

• Dumb and Dumber (1994) Poster retrieved from movieposters.com and Movie Trailer from Youtube.com, on July 28, 2011.

• Film Site.org (unkn) Horror Films. Retrieved from www.filmsite.org/horrorfilms.html on July 28, 2011.

• Phillips, W. H. (2009). Film: An Introduction, Retrieved from 4e (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's. on August 3, 2011.

• Se7en (1995). Poster retrieved from movieposters.com and Movie Trailer from Youtube.com, on July 28, 2011.