genre power point

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.

4. What makes a film a horror is that it makes people
scared as they watch it and can give them jump
scares.
comedy
What makes a film a comedy is that its
funny.

5. romance
The key theme is love