This document discusses genres in media such as television, movies, and games. It begins by defining genre as a category or formula used to group similar creative works. Examples of popular genres in different media are then listed, such as crime dramas and superhero films among the top television shows and movies of 2015. Factors that influence the popularity of certain genres like audience identification and changing tastes over time are also briefly examined.

1. Lesson Five
Monday 26th
September 2016
Media Language –
Genre

2. Connect the Learning
• What’s the genre?

3. Genre
• Form taken by narrative.
• Same story can be told in
different ways.
• Genre = category/ formula
– Way of grouping products according to shared
features
• Helps audience identify products they might
like

4. Name some genres

5. Task – Identify the Genre

6. Task – Identify the Genre

7. Task – Identify the Genre

8. Task – Identify the Genre

9. What genres are popular?
• On TV?
• In games?
• In films?

10. Top TV shows(2015)
• TV (US)
1. The Big Bang Theory CBS
2. NFL Sunday Night Football NBC
3. NCIS CBS
4. The Walking Dead AMC
5. NCIS: New Orleans CBS
6. Empire Fox
7. NFL Thursday Night
Football CBS/NFL Network
8. Scorpion CBS
9. Blue Bloods CBS
10. The Blacklist NBC
• TV (UK)
1. The Great British Bake Off (October 7,
BBC1)
2. Britain's Got Talent (May 31, ITV)
3. Strictly Come Dancing (December 5,
BBC1)
4. EastEnders (February 19, BBC1)
5. I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
(November 15, ITV)
6. Downton Abbey (November 8, ITV)
7. Broadchurch (January 5, ITV)
8. Call the Midwife (February 15, BBC1)
9. Doctor Foster (October 7, BBC1)

11. Top Movies (2015)
• Films (US)
1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2. Jurassic World
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron
4. Inside Out
5. Furious 7
6. Minions
7. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -
Part 2
8. The Martian
9. Cinderella (2015)
10. Spectre
• Films (UK)
1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2. Spectre
3. Jurassic World
4. Avengers: Age of Ultron
5. Minions
6. Furious 7
7. Inside Out
8. Fifty Shades of Grey
9. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -
Part 2
10. Home (2015)

12. Top Games (2015)
• Games (UK)
1. FIFA 16 (EA)
2. Call Of Duty: Black Ops III (Activision Blizzard)
3. Fallout 4 (Bethesda)
4. Star Wars: Battlefront (EA)
5. Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two
6. Batman: Arkham Knight (Warner Bros.)
7. FIFA 15 (EA
8. Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Activision
Blizzard)
9. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (Ubisoft)
10. Lego Jurassic World (Warner Bros.)
• Games (US)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops III
• Madden NFL 16
• Fallout 4
• Star Wars: Battlefront
• Grand Theft Auto V
• NBA 2K16
• Minecraft
• FIFA 16
• Mortal Kombat X
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

13. Why?
• Why are some genres more popular than
others?

14. Genre problems
• Genres change over time
– Some evolve, others disappear
• E.g. variety shows
– Some are hybridised
• E.g. docu-soaps
• Some limitations
– Do not really explain popularity
– Do not really have defined boundaries