This document discusses various film genres including horror, thriller, action, comedy, romance, sci-fi, western, and war. It explains that some films can be genre hybrids that combine elements of multiple genres, providing examples that Terminator 2 is both an action and science fiction film while Back to the Future 3 incorporates comedy, science fiction, western, and romance genres. The document also defines some key aspects of different genres like romance films focusing on love stories and horror aiming to provoke negative emotions in viewers.

2.  Horror
 Thriller
 Action and Adventure
 Comedy
 Romantic
 Si-Fi
 Action
 Western
 War
 Dystopia

3. 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.


5. 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 is a
film genre
seeking to
elicit a
negative
emotional
reaction form
viewers

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

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