Analysis of Genre

• Genre is a type or category of a Film.

• Cross Genres are when two Genres such as Thriller of Horror are used in a film.

• Conventions of Action Movies are Explosions, Stunts, Guns/Weapons, Fighting, Fast Moving, Hero/Villain and Some slow contrast to action. This helps the audience to identify different features of Action Films compared to other Genres.
• Genre is important to PDE because it allows the film to target a certain audience for example Sci-Fi films are majority male dominant therefore they try and target females by using Cross Genres and putting in Romance which will help attract another type of audience

Type of Genres: Horror, Gothic, Comedy, Thriller, Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama, Action and Adventure.

The Genre of this film is Drama and Music. It's shown through this poster as it has a Guitar AMP at the back ,therefore it relates to Music, Rock in particular. This is a convention of a Music Based Film. Both characters have a quite relaxed attitude and body language, this shows that the film has a very laid back feel. They also seem to come across as having a quite close relationship, as they are sitting right next to each other looking out into the distance with Sunglasses on. This is a convention of a Drama Film. The colours used in this poster is also quite bold and so is the font which makes the poster stand out and have quite an effect on the viewer. The two girls in the poster are quite young which shows that the target audience for this film is Young People (Young Females).