Genre provides key elements for an audience to recognise, so that they may further appreciate the variation and originality surrounding the representation of those elements.
The mainstream types of genre are:
Science-Fiction (Sci-Fi)
Romance
Romantic Comedies
Horror
Comedy
Comedy Horror
Action and Adventure
Mystery
Sport
Musical
Drama
Thriller
I will have to consider and research more into these types of films when completing my coursework.
There are two basic approaches to the study of film:
-The first approach to analysing film genre is descriptive, which involves viewing a film as belonging to a category, or as being an example of an established type. The film is perceived as sharing aspects and attributes (such as structure, theme, or visual style) with other films in the same category, and is analysed comparatively. This approach relies heavily on the use of readily identifiable elements such as costume, location, character archetypes, shot transitions, or plot content.
- The second approach is functional, where the genre film is perceived as collective expressions of contemporary life that strike a particularly resonant chord with audiences. The repetitions of patterns in a genre film are the repetitions of social questions that we need answers to as part of our shared social experience.
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