Monday, 9 January 2012

Genre & Subgenre





Common genre's for film are: Thriller, Horror, Drama, Romance, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci Fi, Tragedy, Action and Comedy.

Genre is a term used to describe the theme/style or type of a film. Genre's are commonly formed by 'typical' conventions that are developed from one movie. An example of this is in the film 'Psycho' - where the famous shower scene has then influenced many films from then on after such as What Lies Beneath and Fatal Attraction.

Psycho (1960)
















Sub-genres are smaller categories within the main category 'Genre'. Similarly to Genre there are smaller categories within the larger ones.

Common subgenre's for film are: Action-Thrill, Romantic Comedy (Rom-Com), Action Romance, Romantic Comedy, Musical Horror, Chick Flicks,

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