Research in Film genres

Research into film genres

Adventure: are usually exciting stories, with new experiences which can often be paired with the action  film genre. Most adventures includes historical contexts ,expeditions for lost continents, "jungle" and "desert" epics, treasure hunts, disaster films, or searches for the unknown.Films such as : Inception, Star wars ,The matrix ,Toy story .

Comedy:  are light-hearted plots assigned to amuse and provoke laughter (with one-liners, jokes, etc.) by exaggerating the situation, the language, action, relationships and characters. Films such as : Dance Flick,Scary movie , our idiot brother .

Drama:  are serious motivation film, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre, with many subsets.Film such as : The Godfather ,12 Angry men , The Dark Knight ,All about Eve .

Horror : are designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a liberating experience.  They are often combined with science fiction films such as : Psycho,Alien The shining and The thing .

Musical/dance:  are cinematic forms that emphasize full-scale scores or song and dance routines in a significant way usually with a musical or dance performance integrated as part of the film narrative or they are films that are centered on combinations of music, dance, song or choreography. Films such as : The lion king, Aladdin,The wizard of oz ,High school musical .

Sci-fi : are often visionary and imaginative consisting of heroes, aliens, distant planets, impossible quests, improbable settings, fantastic places, great dark and shadowy villains, futuristic technology, , and extraordinary monsters things or creatures from space either created by mad scientists or by nuclear havoc. Films such as :Apollo 18 , inception , Transformer , X-men .

War : acknowledge the horror and heartbreak of war, letting the actual combat fighting against nations or humankind on land, sea, or in the air provide the primary plot or background for the action of the film. War films are often paired with other genres films such as : Downfall, The notebook, King arthur .

Westerns : are the major defining genre of the American film industry - a eulogy to the early days of the expansive American frontier. They are one of the oldest, most enduring genres with very recognizable plots, elements and characters consisting of six-guns, horses, dusty towns and trails, cowboys, Indians Films such as : The good,bad and the ugly,The gold rush, The wind,High noon.