Genre Research

ACTION:

films categorized under the genre 'action' tend to commonly include huge financial backing and   big-budget stunts along with technological computer generated imagery (CGI). Action films commonly also maintain typical conventions such as physical stunts,chases, and rescue from difficult physically and mentally challenging dilemmas. Battles ,fights and ideas of escapism and non stop motion often permeate action films. conventions of action films also consider the spectacular rhythm and pacing of the story line and the characters in action films that revolve around this story line are often two dimensional 'good guy' heroes or heroines battling the bad guys. the main purpose of this genre, relating back to its conventions, is for audience escapism. Examples of action films consist of the James bond series,

similarly to action films -Adventure films are usually exciting stories, with new experiences or exotic locations. Action and adventure pair very effectively together. adventure films, as hinted in the title often include a search or adventure to find something that's 'lost' this often includes searching for lost continents, jungles, treasure or even the unknown. films such as Indiana Jones and Jurassic park would be considered as adventure. searches or expeditions for lost continents, "jungle" and "desert" epics, treasure hunts, disaster films, or searches for the unknown.

 COMEDY:

Comedies earn their title from their comedic nature and light-hearted plots consistently and deliberately designed to amuse and provoke laughter. Typical comedies contain jokes, puns, one liners and deliberate pranks or clumsy stunts. In addition many comedies actually star famous comedians, having famous comedians flaunted on posters and comedy films is a USP (unique selling point) so for films that star the likes of Kevin Hart or Ricky Gervais, if that audience have seen their stand up-they are likely to watch films they star in. comedies typically also exaggerate situations, language, relationships,language and action making dilemmas seem worse of funnier than they are. The sub categories of comedy include slapstick, Rom coms (romantic comedies) black comedy and spoofs/ paradoys. examples of comedies are those like dumb and dumber, get hard, step brothers and i give it a year.

CRIME &GANGSTER:

Crime& gangster orientated films primarily follow the path of criminals, groups/gangs or criminals or a prominent even mysterious sinister action. Often crime thrillers and gangster films have a predominant focus of money-whether this is in the form of bank robbery, themes of ransom or even just the general theme of payment and debt.  film noir or detective mystery films are two alternative genre classifications for crime and gangster films. serial killer and murder films are also classified under the title of crime and gangster. Typical mise-en-scene of crime and gangster films have costume that revolves around the idea of formality and gangster wear- like black glasses and a black suit and tie. Also, may crime films actually covert to the usual stereotype of criminals being obvious robbers and evil people- in fact usually the real villains or 'baddies' are actually unexpected, plot twisting subtle characters.

examples of crime and gangster films are films like Good fellas, legend, the gangster and casino.

DRAMA:

Dramatized films have a plot that is frequently portrayed to be realistic, with relatable and realistic characters, settings and life situations and dilemmas. the context of dramatized films often actually hold some form of realistic non fictional truth. drams often have intense character development and interaction, with a limited cast so the audience can relate and get to know the characters in a more understanding way. usually, dramas are not concerned with special effects,CGI or comedy...they just obtain key aspects like having exceptional acting and very realistic plots. Dramas can also be specially made in response to key news or recent events to almost illustrate an occurrence in a visual way...these types of dramas often feature on TV. Drama is probably one of the largest film genres and there are many sub-genres under the same category such as historical dramas and epics, Biopics (which are dramatized biographical films) and romantic dramas.  examples of drama films would be Forrest Gump, schindlers list, the Godfather and the changeling.

HORROR:

Horror films have a primary purpose to frighten or invoke hidden or fearful subjects from an audience. This alone makes horror movies one of the most interactive film genres as they often don't depend on a creative or ingenious plot or story line- its more about how they will scare their audience. A typical feature of horror movies are their often shocking finale scenes, where often, we realize that the whole cast almost-is dead.  horror movies for an audience are described to be a  'cathartic experience'...horror movie producers intend to use jump scares, relatable topics, everyday life idea of routine with added often gruesome and terrifying implications. There are a huge variety of horror film sub-categories...from horror films that use CGI to create un-thinkable monsters, horror movies on low budgets and horror movies that use gore, and horror movies that are simply disturbingly relatable to something that 'could' be real. They are often combined with sci-fi films when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens. examples of horror movies would be the exorcist, Ouija, psycho and a nightmare on elm street.

SCIENCE FICTION:

science fiction films- also known as sci-fi always tend to have a scientific basis-hence the name....whether this is a futuristic invention type of science or alienated science. sci-fis are visionary and imaginative and adopt the key aspects of adjacent movie genres like heroes, impossible quests and villains however sci fi films are famous for their improbable settings,futuristic forces and technology and monstrous opposition. Science fiction films heavily relate to fantasy films and share many of the key features of action and adventure films however they use more special effects, CGI and basis in the future whether it is dystopian or simply modernized.