powerpoint about genre

2.  Horror
 Thriller
 Action
 Western
 Sci-fi
 Musical
 Romance
 Comedy
 War films
Genre boundaries can
be flexible and you can
get genre hybrids e.g.
terminator 2 (sci-fi/
adventure).

3.  Genre is a system of signs, symbols and
themes by which a particular genre can be
recognised e.g. the western – cowboy hats,
guns, horses, mountains, deserts, Indians,
cowboys, gun fights.
 A contact between the audience and film-
makers. Audiences build up ‘genetic
memory’ and can anticipate things
happening so the director can play on this.