Movie Genres

 GENRES

What is a genre?

Genre is a way of categorizing film in different styles.
(i.e. Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Adventure...)

What is a hybrid genre?

A hybrid genre is when a genre blends with one other or more genres. Basically when two or more genres are combined they can be referred as a hybrid genre.
(i.e. Romantic Comedy, Action Thriller...)

What is a sub-genre?

Sub-genre can be defined as a genre within a genre. Or in other terms, sub-genres are subdivisions of a specific genre.
(i.e Thriller [genre] can be subdivided into psychological thrillers, or medical thrillers)

Why is  genre used?

Genre is used for marketing purposes. Basically facilitating and making it possible to depict the different categories of films. This makes it easier for the audience to choose the film that they desire to watch. If the audience wants to watch a Horror film then they will look into the Horror films genre. It's as simple as that.

                                                                                   What are genre conventions?

Genre conventions are the elements that separate genres from the rest.Elements that are usually only found in the certain genre. (i.e. Guns/explosions are conventions of action films)

THRILLERS

What is a thriller genre? What makes a thriller a thriller? Well, a thriller can be described as a movie category (genre) that thrills you. In a more detailed explanation a thriller is supposed to stimulate its audience to feel tension rising throughout the scenes in the movie. Tension is a key concept when it comes to thriller. In other words a thriller must rise the audience's anticipation levels. 

One convention found in a lot of thrillers is the use of mirrors. For example we can see in the image below Nina in "Black Swan" with her reflection looking at her with a mean expression. 

Thriller can be subdivided into a vast number of sub-genres. These include: Action Thrillers, Conspiracy Thrillers, Crime Thrillers, Disaster Thrillers, Spy Thrillers, Supernatural Thrillers, Erotic Thrillers, Legal Thrillers, Medical Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers, Political Thrillers and last but not least Religious Thrillers.