Genre refers to a system of signs and themes that define a particular style of film, such as westerns featuring cowboys, horses, guns, and battles with Native Americans. Genres act as a contract between audiences and filmmakers, allowing audiences to build expectations about what will happen based on generic conventions. While genre boundaries can be flexible, with some films combining elements of different styles, common film genres include horror, thriller, comedy, romantic comedy, action, science fiction, western, musical, and war.

1. Genre- A system of signs/symbols/themes, by
which a particular genre can be recognised e.g. The
Western- cowby hats/guns/horses/mountains or
desert/Indians/cowboys/gunfights ‘Taming The
West’
Genre- A contract between the audience and film
makers. Audiences build up ‘generic memory’ and
can anticipate things happening, so the director can
play on this.
Genre boundaries can be flexible and you can
get genre hybrids e.g. The Terminator.
Genres-
-Horror
-Thriller
-Comedy
-Romantic Comedy
-Action
-Sci-Fi
-Western
-Musical
-War

2. HORROR

3. Thriller