RESEARCH: Genre Shortlist

GENRE SHORTLIST

 

Genre preference 1

 Action:

Conventions

• Fight between good and bad(heroes and villains)
• Death of loved ones(motives)
• Weapons
• Explosions and destruction
• Hi tech machinery and cars

Films in this genre:

• Robocop
• Skyfall
• Mad Max

Preference 2

Thriller:

Conventions:

• Suspenseful music to create a sinister atmosphere which adds tension
• Lighting
• Shot angles- close-ups

Films in this genre:

• Seven 
• Psycho
• The Sixth Sense

Preference 3

Sci-Fi:

conventions:

• Setting- in an alternate time line or the future or outer space
• Special effects
• Props- futuristic elements- progression of technology
• Aliens, monsters etc.

Films in the genre:

• E.T
• Back To The Future
• Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back