Genre

• Genre- a type or category of a particular film
• Cross Genre- a film having more than one genre 

Genres

• Horror
• Gothic 
• Comedy
• Thriller
• Romance 
• Sci fi
• Fantasy
• Adventure 
• Action

ACTION

• Fast moving
• Some slow contrast to action 
• Stunts
• Explosions 
• Binary Opposition - Hero/Villain- Bond, Cruise, Pitt, Will and Stallone 
• Gun/Weapons 
• Transport/Car Chase 
• Fighting 

• Audience 

Helps audience choose + we also have expectations of what we'll see

• Producer/Director 

Genre helps know which stars to approach , which props to use therefore these are the ingredients.

THE LAST STAND

The genre of this film is Action combined with Comedy , the Action is protrayed through mise en scene, for instance the canonball is shooting fire which has a connection with violence and danger therefore represents an element of Action , the comedy element is triggered by the geeky , small guy with the googles on.
The colours help identify the film genre as the colours set out the mood .
The characters are the centre of attention in the film poster , one character looks cool and calm and gives the audince a sense of hero figure , on the other hand the small , geeky guy tells the audince that he would be the one who will create the laughter.



Sub- Genre

A sub- genre is when when two genres collide together into one film .An example of this would be-
ALIEN, is a mix of science- fiction and thriller .