film genre
Cinematic story type
A film genre is a category of movies sharing distinctive themes, settings, or narrative conventions.
Westerns, horror films, romantic comedies, and documentaries are genres.
Genre helps audiences find what they like and helps studios market what they make.
Films often blend genres: a sci-fi thriller, a romantic comedy with horror elements.
- action-adventureGenre combining stunts and exploration
- actionProcess of doing
- buddy copPaired-officer film genre
- noirHard-boiled film genre
- arthouseVenue for noncommercial films
comedy · mockumentary · coming of age · road movie · animation · grindhouse · found footage · romantic comedy · chick flick · stoner comedy · hero · historical drama · biographical · exploitation · surrealist · B-movie · creature feature · disaster movie
- filmmovies, filmmaking, cinematography, editing, directing
- data typesint, integer, float, char, bool
CONVENTIONAL FORM vs. FORMLESS/EXPERIMENTAL
film genreavant-garde cinema
Boundary-pushing motion pictures