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Genres Of Film
Action
• High-energy physical stunts
• Two-dimensional good guys vs bad
guys
• Designed for audience escapism
• Began in Post-Cold War(1960s)
Notable examples
• 007 James Bond spy series
• Terminator Series
• Rambo series
Adventure
• usually exciting stories,new
experiences or exotic locales
• intended to appeal mainly to men
• Showcased courageous, altruistic,
patriotic heroes who fight for beliefs,
freedom or against injustice
Notable examples
• Indiana Jones series
• Robin Hood (1922)
• The Three Musketeers (1916,
1921, 1933, 1935, 1948, 1973,
and 1993)
Animation
• not a strictly-defined genre category,
but rather a film technique
• often appeal to children
Notable examples
• Little Nemo in Slumberland
(1911)
• The Adventures of Felix (1919)
• Steamboat Willie (1928)
Biopic
• from the combination of the words
"biography" and "pictures“
• depict and dramatize the life of an
important historical personage
Notable examples
• The Private Life of Henry VIII
(1933)
• The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
• Abraham Lincoln (1930)
Crime-Ganster
• developed around the sinister actions
of criminals
• often highlight the life of a crime
figure or a crime's victim
• provide a view of the secret world of
the criminal
Notable examples
• The Musketeers of Pig Alley
(1912)
• Dead Man Walking (1996)
• The Godfather (1972)
Children/ Family/Comedy
• Light-hearted plots
• Amuses audience through
exaggeration
• Usually has happy endings
Types of comedies
• Comedian-led
• Situation-comedies
Notable examples
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
• The Mask (1994)
• Men in Black (1997)
Disaster
• concentrate on the chaotic events
surrounding the disaster
• have large-scale special effects
Notable examples
• Planet of the Apes (2001)
• Day the World Ended (1956)
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters
(1954)
Documentary
• non-fictional, "slice of life" factual
works of art
• sometimes known as cinema verite
• Nanook of the North (1922)
• Don't Look Back (1967)
• Memphis Belle (1990)
Dystopian
• Generally set in the future
• Often grim, dirty, dark and
unimaginably awful
Notable examples
• Equilibrium (2002)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• Death Race 2000 (1975)
Fantasy
• transcend the bounds of human
possibility and physical laws
• often in the context of imagination,
dreams, or hallucinations
• appeal to both children and adults
Notable examples
• The Thief of Bagdad (1940, UK)
• Tom Thumb (1958)
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
(1953)
Film Noir
• literally 'black film or cinema‘
• Fear, mistrust, bleakness, loss of
innocence, despair and paranoia are
readily evident
• is not a genre, but rather the mood,
style, point-of-view, or tone of a film
Notable examples
• Dark Passage (1947)
• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920,
Germ.)
• The Maltese falcon (1941)
Found Footage• Footage is presented as something
found
• events on screen are seen through
the camera of the characters
involved, who often speaks off screen
• Shaky camera work is employed for
realism
Notable examples
• The Blair Witch Project (1999)
• Paranormal Activity (2007)
• Cloverfield (2008)
Horror
• Designed to frighten and invoke fears
• Often combined with Sci-Fi
• Center on the dark side of life
• Goes as far back as the onset of films
Notable examples
• Le Manoir Du Diable (1896, Fr.) (aka
The Devil's Castle/The Haunted
Castle)-1st horror film
• Notre-Dame De Paris (1911, Fr.) (aka
The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
• Frankenstein (1910)
Martial Arts• contains numerous fights between
characters
• Focus is placed on action
• Characters are many times played by
real martial artists
Notable examples
• Ip Man (2008)
• The Karate Kid (1984)
• Bruce Lee Films
Monster
• centre on the struggle between human
beings and one or more monsters
• The monster is usually created by a
folly of mankind
• Serves as a metaphor for human’s
continuous destruction
Notable examples
• The Golem (1915)
• The Invisible Man (1933)
• The Host (2006)
Musical
• emphasize and showcase full-scale
song and dance routines
• centered on combinations of music,
dance, song
• has been considered the most
escapist of all genres
Notable examples
• The Lion King (1994)
• The Singing Fool (1928)
• The Jazz singer (1927)
Mystery
• emphasize the detective solving the
crime through clues and exceptional
rational powers
• focus on the unsolved crime
• Detective often succeeds in cleverly
trapping the killer or criminal
Notable examples
• Sherlock Holmes films
• Charlie Chan films
• Mr Moto Films
Pirate
• built upon action scenes of sea
battles
• included lavish sets, costumes, and
weapons
Notable examples
• The Black Pirate (1926)
• Captain Blood (1935)
• The Sea Hawk (1940)
Romance• love stories
• center on passion, emotion, and the
romantic
• Many romantic films do not have
fairy-tale, wistful-thinking stories or
happy endings
Notable examples
• King Kong (1933)
• It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
• Romeo and Juliet (1968)
• Titanic (1997)
Sci-Fi
• quasi-scientific, visionary and
imaginative
• often expresses the potential of
technology to destroy humankind
• Began in 1980s
Notable examples
• Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip
to the Moon) (1902)-1st Sci-Fi
film
• Godzilla (1998)
• Flash Gordon series
Sports
• have a sports setting that are central
and predominant in the story
• Features individuals or teams with
tough odds in a large-scale sport
event
Notable examples
• The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
• The Champ (1931)
• The Hustler (1961)
Super Hero
• focused on the actions of one or
more superheroes
• often includes a focus on the origin of
the special powers
• Most are based on comic books
Notable Examples
• RoboCop series
• Batman (1943)
• X-Men series
Teen
• targeted at teenagers and young
adults
• Plot is based on first love, rebellion
against parents, teen angst etc
• Often set in high schools
Notable examples
• 17 again (2009)
• Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010)
• River’s Edge (1986)
War
• often acknowledge the horror and
heartbreak of war
• often been used as 'flag-waving'
propaganda to inspire national pride
and morale
Notable examples
• Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
• The Birth Of A Nation (1915)
• Wings (1927)
Western
• one of the oldest, most enduring and
flexible genres
• Features the early days of the
expansive, untamed American
frontier
Notables
• The Great Train Robbery (1903)
• Tumbleweeds (1925)
• King of the Cowboys (1943)
Cross Genre
Action-Comedy
Horror-Action
Romantic-Comedy
Western-Sci Fi
Sci-Fi - Dystopian
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