Genre

2.  Horror
 Comedy
 Thriller
 Romance
 Action
 Science fiction
 Weston
 Musical
 War
 Adventure
Genre boundaries are flexible
and you can get genre hybrids.

3. Genre is a contract between the audience and
film makers. Audiences build up a genetic
memory and can anticipate things happening
so the director can play on this.
Genre- a system of signs/symbols/themes by
which a particular genre can be recognised.
Weston’s have hats, guns, horses, mountains
or deserts, Indians, cowboys and gun fights.