A brief glance at the most common genres found in film and a brief outlook at some of the conventions these genres consist of as well as providing examples of films that fit into this genre

1. Main Genres In Film
Comedy Sci-Fi Action-Adventure
Horror Romance Rom-Com
‘Ted’ is an example of a comedy, it
fits the genre of comedy through
the clear conventions it’s contains
that is commonly found within
comedy films. For example the main
character John is rather accident
prone, he behaves in an immature
and child like manor such as hiding
under the duvets when thunder
strikes and not conveying traits
expected of an adult.
Star Wars is a classic example of a Sci-Fi film, it is flooded with
Sci-Fi conventions that make it fit into this genre of film. The saga
is set in a ‘galaxy far far away’ with further advanced technology
than current times and all of this is set in space. All three are
main conventions of Sci-Fi films. Star Trek and Avatar are also
examples of Sci-Fi films.
Die Hard is an example of action
adventure films. Conventions that
make action adventure films such
as the use of weapons, snappy
dialogue and
protagonists/antagonists and
more are all present in the die
hard films such as the use of
guns, the sarcasm and of course
plenty of action are what make
this an action adventure film.
Horror is an increasingly popular
genre, ‘Insidious’ is an example
of the Horror genre as it consists
of the conventions such as
being set in an urban area and
the antagonist being an
unnatural being.
Friends With Benefits is an
example of a romantic comedy
with conventions such as a love
story that usually ends happily.
This is clear within this film as
the two finally become a couple.
Titanic is one of the most popular and well known romantic
films of current times. Although there is also action elements to
the film the film is mainly focused on the blossoming romance
between the characters of Jack and Rose. Titanic uses the most
common of romantic conventions such as the ‘boy meets girl’
scenario such as when Jack meets the character of Rose on the
titanic. The film is also aimed at appealing to the female
audience another convention of romance films.