Film Genres Flashcards
traditionally contain dangerous situations and high-stake risks, and many require the use of physical stunts, fight choreography or disaster sequences. The high-energy elements in these films can aid in achieving audience escapism because viewers often appeal to the story of a hero who struggles against all odds and still achieves victory.
ACTION
typically involve a journey, and some may include a pursuit. They might also have action-oriented scenes like action films, but the travels and conquests of the main characters primarily define them. This emphasis on a character’s adventure can help the audience imagine themselves in those experiences.
ADVENTURE
are films intended to make the audience laugh through their use of exaggeration of language, action or characters who add humor to a situation.
COMEDY
Films in the _ genre often include realistic settings and defining conflict between one or more characters and themselves, others or forces of nature. _ usually have the intention to provoke powerful emotions in the audience by including societal ills, such as addiction, poverty, racial prejudice, sexual inequality, classism or corruption.
DRAMA
causes an audience to feel frightened or have a sense of dread. They usually center their stories on unsettling situations, alarming events or the audience’s fears. Many include elements that alert primal fears, like nightmares, vulnerability, alienation and fear of death or injury, which aim to attract and repulse the audience.
HORROR
typically involve intimate relationships and a journey of the love between the main characters. The conflicts that occur during the pursuit of intimacy or love often drive the narrative in these films. The main characters usually confront obstacles, such as hardships, illnesses, infidelity, family problems or common relationship issues, and in many romance films, they ultimately reunite to create their perfect life together.
ROMANCE
are often a blend of science and imagination, technology and scientific development. Directors often choose from several observable sciences, like astronomy, physics, geology and biology to provide a sense of logic in a film’s proposed reality
SCI-FI
are films directors set in imaginary worlds that have little or no representation of reality. These movies often include magical, mythological and extraordinary elements, and they can transcend physical laws and have endless possibilities. The main characters in a fantasy film usually undergo a mystical experience that requires superhuman aid. Many fantasies derive from fairy tales, myths or legends and incorporate unique characters and odd phenomena in their stories.
FANTASY
There generally are two distinct sections of films in the _ genre, which are accurate representation and historical fiction. Some accurate representations include biographies, autobiographies and memoirs. Historical fiction movies typically limit their accuracy to the depiction of their setting, like period pieces, and they often present main characters in the context of great historical events.
HISTORICAL
can portray either side of the criminal justice system. Many _ movies often entertain the idea of moral uncertainty, which makes identifying the hero and the villain more complex. Directors often derive crime stories from real-life historical accounts or provide a criminal’s point of view with the gangster subgenre.
CRIME
