Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Genre and sub genre

Genre is a definition or a category of something in this situation a film but it can apply to music and literature. Genre is important because it helps the producers of the film know who and how to market the film for example high school teen films are marketed for teenagers as they are more likely to relate to it.

Within film there are many different types of genres for example

 Action movies such as Guardians of the galaxy.
 Another genre could be adventure where movies such as the hunger games fit into.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) Poster
Sub genre
Sub genre is a genre within a genre for example with comedy  there is action comedy , thriller comedy.
As you can see there are genres within the genres which are known as sub-genres. 




Within teen films there is high school dramas such as the breakfast club 

Within teen films there are also youth dramas UK film kidulthood which focuses on the struggle of being a teen in a inner city community instead of made up American high school tails.


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