Genre

Genre

• Genre is a french word meaning 'type' 
• Genre's are made up of conventions (rules of the genre)
• Conventions of a horror film:
• Dark, gloomy lighting
• jump scares
• intense, high pitch music
• children 
• desolate location
• blood
• screaming
• death
• creepy characters

Conforming

A text that goes along with the genre 

Subverting

Going against genre or breaking normal conventions of the genre

Example: 'Get out' is a thriller because there is no main killer but is labelled as a horror because we react to it as a horror film - audience gets scared

Hybrid

When multiple, different genres mix together 

Example: Scream Queens is a horror - comedy 

Example: Life on Mars is a Science fiction - crime drama

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Documentary 

Fantasy

Historical

Thriller

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Western 

Crime dramas

• Crime dramas are a sub genre. 
• They usually focus on someone trying to combat or solve a crime
• The defining features of crime dramas