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Film genre
1. Drama: are serious presentations or stories with settings or life situations that a
portrait realistic characters in conflict with either themselves, others, or forces of
nature. A dramatic film shows us human beings at their best, their worst, and
everything in-between.
Science Fiction: are usually scientific, comic-strip-like, and imaginative, and
usually visualized through fanciful, imaginative settings, expert film production
design, advanced technology gadgets (i.e., robots and spaceships), scientific
developments, or by fantastic special effects. Sci-fi films are complete with heroes,
distant planets, impossible quests, improbable settings, fantastic places, great dark
villains, futuristic technology and unknown and inexplicable forces.
Horror:calculated to cause intense repugnance, fear, or dread. Horror films may
incorporate incidents of physical violence and psychological terror; they may be
studies of deformed, disturbed, psychotic, or evil characters; stories of terrifying
monsters or malevolent animals; or mystery thrillers that use atmosphere to build
suspense.
2. Comedy: are those who makes the audience laugh, with silly jokes and silly
characters. Audience feels comfortable in a good atmoshere.
Action: This major genre type includes films that have tremendous impact,
continuous high energy, lots of physical stunts and activity, possibly extended chase
scenes ( races, rescues, battles, martial arts, mountains and mountaineering,
destructive disaster (floods, explosions, natural disasters, fires, etc.), fights, escapes,
non-stop motion, spectacular rhythm and pacing, and adventurous heroes - all
designed for pure audience escapism with the action sequences at the core of the
film.
Adventure: are exciting stories, with new experiences or exotic locals. The
purpose of the conquest can be to retrieve a person or treasure, but often the main
focus is simply the pursuit of the unknown.
3. Animation: are ones in which individual drawings, paintings,or illustrations
are photographed frame by frame (stop-frame cinematography). Usually,each
frame differs slightly from the one preceding it, giving the illusion of movement
when frames are projected in rapid succession at 24 frames per second.
Romance: films are love stories, or affairs of the heart that centre on passion,
emotion, and the romantic, affectionate involvement of the main characters (usually
a leading man and lady), and the journey that their love takes through courtship or
marriage.
Musical: Musical/dance films are cinematic forms that emphasize and showcase
full-scale song and dance routines in a significant way (usually with a musical or
dance performance as part of the film narrative, or as an unrealistic "eruption" within
the film). Or they are films that are centred on combinations of music, dance, song or
choreography.