Research - Genre

There are many types of genre. Genre is the profile of what the film is. Meaning that a film has a title of what is happening in it and the narrative. Some examples of genres are western, horror, romance and drama. The genre is very important to the audience, because then they can decide if they want to go and watch the film in the first place or not. As well at that it is important for the institutions to know what genre to film to so that they can construct their budget and script.

In different genres there are protagonists, antagonists, stock characters, narrative and stock situations. The protagonists are the recognizable lead characters that are the positive characters that want to win the day or be seen as the saviour. However the antagonists are the baddies of the film. For example in a romance film there is traditionally either a parent or jealous lover that gets between the couple. The stock characters however are still recognizable yet they don’t have such a main role in the film, basically meaning that they’re minor characters. The narrative and stock situations have to be relevant to the genre otherwise the audience will be going to a film which they thought was a specific genre, however it’s another.