FILM GENRE STUDY
FILM GENRE STUDY
COMEDY FILMS
28/03/2012 15:34
Comdies are light-hearted plots consistently and deliberately designed to amuse and provoke laughter (with one-liners and jokes) by exaggerating the situation, the language, action, relationships and characters.
CRIME & GANGSTER FILMS
28/03/2012 15:32
Crime (Gangster) films are developed around the sinister actions of criminals and mobsters, particulary bankrobbers, underworld figures, or ruthless hoodlums who operate outside the law, stealing and murdering their way through life.
DRAMA FILMS
28/03/2012 15:31
Dramas are serious, plot-driven presentations, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and interaction.
SCIENCE FICTION FILMS
28/03/2012 15:28
Sci-fi films are often quasi-scientific, visionary and imaginative - complete with heroes, aliens, distant planets, impossible quests, improbable settings, fantastic places, great dark and shadowy villains, futuristic technology, unknown and unknowable forces, and extraordinary monsters ('things...
MUSICALS (DANCE) FILMS
28/03/2012 15:26
Musical/dance films are cinematic forms that emphasise full-scale scores or song and dance routines in a significant way (usually with a musical or dance performance integrated as part of the film narrative).
HORROR FILMS
28/03/2012 15:25
Horror films are designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time.
EPIC/HISTORICAL FILMS
28/03/2012 15:22
Epics include costume dramas, historical dramas, war films, medieval romps, or 'period pictures' that often cover a large expanse of time set against a vast, panoramic backdrop. Epics take an historical or imagined event, mythic, legendary, or heroic figure, and add an extravagant setting and...
WAR (ANTI-WAR) FILMS
28/03/2012 15:20
War films acknowledge the horror and heartbreak of war, letting the actual combat fighting (against nations or humankind) on land, sea, or in the air provide primary plot or background for the action of the film. War films are paired with other genres, such as action, adventure, drama, romance,...
WESTERNS
28/03/2012 15:19
Westerns are one of the oldest, most enduring genres with very recognisable plots, elements, and characters (six-guns, horses, dusty towns and trails, cowboys and Indians).
ADVENTURE FILMS
28/03/2012 15:17
Adventure films are usually exciting stories, with new experiences or exotic locales, very similar to or often paired with the action film genre. They include searches or expeditions for lost continents, 'jungle' and 'desert' epics, treasure hunts, disaster films, or searches for the unknown.
GUESS WHAT GENRE?
WATCH FILM TRAILERS - Guess what genre?
28/03/2012 15:41
For each trailer viewed, identify the film genre/s each would be categorised in. You are also to explain why you chose that genre/s? Describe characteristics from the film that put it in that particular genre/s.
1) Hunger Games
2) Battleship
3) Snow White and the...