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Unit 26

Introduction To Genre:

Horror
Chick Flick
Fantasy
Action/Adventure
Blockbuster
Drama
Crime
Sci-Fi
Historical
Romance
Romantic Comedy
Western Comedy


Genre is the term for any category of literature other forms of art or culture, e.g music and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken.
Every genre is governed by a set of codes and conventions, or rules that are followed for that genre;

  1. Dark Lighting
  2. Silence
  3. Scary Scenes 
  4. Blood
  5. Sudden Sharp Noises
  6. Jump Scenes
  7. Screaming
  8. Heavy Breathing
  9. Isolation
  10. Shadows
  11. Creepy Music
  12. Dark Colours

Film Trailers
Despereaux (2008)

This film trailer is 2mins 29 long and by watching the trailer i can infer that the genre of the film is Action/Adventure with an animation twist as it's about a mouse who can communicate with a princess and suddenly the rats kidnap the princess where the mouse himself goes to save the princess. This is why this is an adventure because the mouse is going to save somebody's life

Madagascar 2 Escape (2008)

The film trailer is 1min 50 long and by watching this trailer i can infer that this is another animation, action/adventure but it has more of a twist of genres than the first movie, and this contains sources of comedy, fantasy & romance too. I could tell about all these features because there was elements in the trailer which made me laugh to myself and also interesting elements that made me wanted to watch the film itself.

Harry Potter 6 (2008)

The film trailer is 1mins 41 long and this trailer shows the genre of Fantasy. Within the use of this genre, there are elements of action and adventure and also a blockbuster film since it used to be the worlds most talked about film. The reason why the genre overall is fantasy is because the movie has scenes that are not possible to happen in real life and this makes it unique for the filmmakers to make more money than the other filmmakers that are based in the same genre.

Easy Virtue (2008)

The film trailer is 2mins 4 secs long and this trailer shows the genre of romantic comedy. Within the use of this genre there are elements of drama and this always makes romantic films come to life as they involve real life situations.

  

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