RESEARCH: Genres

Genres are very important as they divide different types of films that share similar features or characteristics. The actual definition of genre is: Type or category of something. They contribute a lot to the Media and Film industries because they:

1. Helps place differences between different media forms.
2. Helps to establish codes and conventions that film makers can follow in order to make the product look a certain way to attract the target audience.

As we watch films, we realise the genres from the title sequences. Popular genres that are mostly displayed are Romance, Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Action, War etc. These genres can be subdivided into a specific and more precise groups. Hybrid genres are really popular in films for example there are films that are Rom-Coms which are a mixture of romance and comedy. This is effective because you can put two target audiences together. 

The three favourites that I analysed are:

This picture looks like a horror film. Usually in horror films , there is a big, scary house with a little girl. The girl in this shot looks really scared and looks at the screen for assistance as if she wants the audience to help her. The medium long shot is effective as we can analyse her background to determine the genre and atmosphere of the film. This genre was easy to identify as the use of the little girl near a big scary house is commonly used in horror days nowadays.

I'd assume that this is a comedy film. What gave it away was the man wearing a tutu which is weird because only females who do ballet wear tutus. The old people surrounding him looks quite comical as they're normally lazy and in their homes but here they look active and trying to imitate the man in the tutu. This was easy to identify as it stood out from the other genre pictures because it looked less serious and more jovial.

This picture shows a man and a woman glancing into each other's eyes as if they are in love so I would say this is a Romance genre film. However, if we look at their clothing we see they are dressed a certain way e.g. dressed like they belonged into a certain period of time. This would be called Period Drama as they dressed from a certain period of time in history. It was quite easy to identify as she is sitting on his lap as if she is his lover.

These were my favourites because they stood out to me for me to analyse.

Deborah.