Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Genre and Sub-Genre

There are many types of film Genres which include:
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Horror
  • Musical
  • Sci-Fi
  • War
  • Westerns
  • Animation
  • Romance
  • Family
  • Fantasy
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
The purpose for Genre's when referring to film is to make the audience aware of what they can expect from the movie, as typical genre's follow the same genetic similarities. In addition to this, having a specific genre or genres, works well in the producers favour when it comes to advertisement.
Sub-genres are identifiable sub-classes within larger film genres, with their own distinctive subject matter, style, formulas and iconography.
Some examples of thiller sub-genres are:
- Conspiracy Thrillers
- Crime Thrillers
- Disaster Thillers
- Mystery Thrillers
- Political Thrillers
- Psychological Thrillers
- Religious Thrillers
- Supernatural Thrillers
- Techno Thrillers

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