Thursday, 7 March 2013

RESEARCH - genre and subgenre

Genre - the main theme of the film, be it a thriller, comedy, drama, etc. This is what generally defines the movie.

Subgenre - This is the secondary genre of the film. For example, if a film is a thriller, it may be a sci-fi thriller, for example 'In Time' is a sci-fi thriller. Other common subgenres are romantic comedies and action thrillers like 'Taken'.

The thriller subgenre I find most interesting is conspiracy thriller, examples of which are 'Eagle Eye' and 'Flightplan'. I think movies of this genre are good because they make the audience think about what they are watching, and are suspenseful until the very end when there is usually a twist of some kind.

The trailer for one example 'Flight Plan' is below:


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