There are many different types of genres that are used in films and this was something that I had to consider based alongside my; budget, location, and interests. On this I have decided to make a psychological thriller about Jack the Ripper.
It was quite a large dilemma choosing what genre that I was going to use as there is such a large choice of film genres and sub film genres. Here are the different film genres:
- Action and adventure
- Animation
- Biopics
- Bollywood
- British
- Comedy
- Crime
- Costume
- Documentary
- Drama
- Family
- Historical
- Horror
- Music documentary
- Musicals
- Period and historical
- Romance
- Science fiction and fantasy
- Short films
- Sport
- Thriller
- War films
- Westerns
- World cinema
Despite the large selection of genres available I was able to narrow it down to five main genres and then I compared and analysed the different conventions of each genre. These genres are; Action Adventure, Comedy, Historical, British, and Thriller.
Generic conventions of Action Adventure Films
Generic conventions of Action Adventure Films
- There is usually a good blend of Good Vs Evil
- Sequel
- Violence, explosions, etc...
- Fast paced
- Love interest
- Offer the audience a sense of escapism
Generic conventions of Comedy Films
- Funny
- Light
- offers a sense of escapism
- centered around the life of one person or a group of people
- the main character(s) are clumsy, idiotic, or funnily unlucky
- Based on a true story
- dramatised
- to be historically accurate
- to grip the audience
- to be dark or enlightening depending on the period of History that the film highlights to allow the audience to get a proper sense of what it must have been like to be in that period of History
Generic conventions of British Films
- To contain British slang
- The British stereotypes must be exploited
- Semi-improvised script
- exploit the dark non-publicized aspect of British life
- Thriller films share many of it's conventions with Action adventure films
- Psychological
- Offers the audience a sense of escapism
The trailers of my favourite film of each of the genres that I highlighted.
Action Adventure - Skyfall
Comedy - Monty Python's Life of Brian
Historical - The Kings Speech
British - Snatch
Thriller - Inception
Psychological Thriller - Bronson
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