Film genres

List of film genres:

·         Horror - insidious

·         Comedy – inbetweeners movie

·         Action – Bourne identity

·         Thriller – the grey

·         Romantic – Romeo and Juliet

·         Rom-com – what happens in Vegas

·         Animation - Shrek

·         Sci-fi – star treck

·         Western – the good the bad and the ugly

·         Adventure – Indiana jones

·         Musicals – Chicago

·         War – enemy at the gates

 

Generic codes and conventions – these are signifiers that have been established through time and should be recognised in the mis-en-scene, the characters and the storyline.

 

Signifiers are the physical aspects that we see or hear in a film, such as the clothes or props. We interpret these signifiers to create meaning.

genre	western	gangster	Sci-fi	horror	comedy
What we see	Guns, horses, saloon, stand offs, cowboys, bandits	Gun fights, mobsters, drugs, gangsters	Space, aliens, lasers, futuristic	Unknown elements, jump scares, vampires,	Variety of things
What we hear	Tumbleweed, gun shots	Gun shots, swearing	Lasers, doors opening	Creepy music	laughs
Typical characters	Sheriffs, cowboys, prostitutes	Mobsters, gangsters, a “boss”	Extra-terrestrials, humans	Female in distress, the hero, the villain/entity	Variety of people
Typical storyline	A hero sets out to save a heroin and ends up in a stand off	Someone steals there money	A villain try’s to come into to power, space battles occur	An unknown person comits a crime usually murder and people try and stay alive	Ordinary people put into a funny situation
Themes morals ideas	Good against vigilantes	Revenge, law breaking	space	Unknown themes	A mission to do something against the law possibly
examples	The good the bad and the ugly	Gangster Squad	Star wars, star trek	Insidious, the conjuring	Superbad, due date