Genre

Genre 
it means type or category of film e.g Romance, Thriller, Comedy

Generic conventions
- western : cowboys / native americans

Media Languages:
Genre is a type or category of film. It is a way of classifying a film to help us to identify it so we can:

• Create it - e.g for a director of a film 
• Choose it - e.g for a member of an audience 
• Understand it - for a student of a film.  

Genre:                            Example: 

Romance        -            Valentinesday 

Sci-fi              -       Star wars 

Comedy         -           White Chicks 

Thriller            -     Black Swan, Batman 

Horror           -          Drag Me to Hell

Western         -       Magnificent Seven

Action            -      RED , James Bond

Musical           -   West Side Story, Hairspray, 

Rom-com       -      The Holiday 

Tragedy         -    Romeo and Juliet 

Parody/Spoof  -   Shaun of the Dead 

Chick Flick    - Mean girls, Wild child 

Fantasy         - Twilight 

War               -   Pearl Harbour 

Kids            - Cartoons: Cinderella. People: Home Alone.

There are three types of Genre:

• Major Genre - A dominant, important category, it should be obvious and easy to define. 
• Sub Genre - A minor category or a subdivision that is clearly related to it's major genre by being a specific type in it's own right, e.g James Bond films. 
• Hybrid Genres and Genetic Hybrid - These are for the "mixed" genre films for instance, an action movie aimed at men can maximize its audience by including elements of romantic drama within the plot, thus also appealing to women. 

Generic Codes and Conventions: 

- signifiers 

- recognised in the mise-en-scene 

- the characters 

- the story line. 

*Singifiers - physical aspects 

*Mise-en-scene - frame, set, props, costumes and landscape

                          - what is put into the picture (visual) not so much sound effects.