A slideshow on genres

1. GENRE= TYPES/ CATEGORY

2. Horror
Thriller
Action and Adventure
Comedy
Romantic
Si-Fi
Action
Western
War
Dystopia
TYPES OF GENRE

3. GENRE BOUNDARIES
Genre boundaries can be flexible and you can get genre
hybrids (e.g. Terminator 2) makes it a Science Fiction
because it show him having digital vision. Also he is
indestructible. It shows you how he is scanning people.
Time travelling happens at the start to show science
fiction. It is also Action because there are fight scenes.

4. A system of signs, symbols, themes by which a
particular genre can be recognised e.g. The Western=
cowboy hats, guns, horses, mountains or deserts,
Indians, cowboys, gun fights “taming the west”
A contract between the audience and filmmakers.
Audience build up “generic memory” and can anticipate
things happening- so the director can play on this idea.
GENERIC MEMORY

5. ROMANCE
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. Romance films
make the love story or the search for love
the main plot focus.

6. HORROR
Horror is a film
genre seeking to
elicit a negative
emotional
reaction form
viewers

7. BACK TO THE FUTURE 3
Back to the future 3 is a
genre hybrid it includes
• Comedy
• Science fiction
• Western adventure
• Romance

8. TERMINATOR 2
Terminator 2 is a genre
hybrid it includes
• Action
• Science fiction
• Thriller