26 Different Kinds of Films

<p>Film Genres</p> <p>Genre Conventions are specific settings, roles, events, and values that define individual genres and their sub-genres.</p> <ol> <li>Love Story</li> <ol> <li>Buddy Salvation</li> </ol> <li>Road Picture</li> <li>Horror Film</li> <ol> <li>Uncanny – source of horror is astound but subject to “rational” explanation – such as beings from outer space, science-made monsters, or a maniac.</li> <li>Supernational – in which the source of horror is an “irrational” phenomenon from the spirit realm.</li> <li>Super-Uncanny – in which the audience is kept guessing between the other two possibilities</li> </ol> <li>Modern Epic – individual versus the state – Spartacus, Erin Brockovich</li> <li>Western</li> <li>War Genre</li> <ol> <li>Pro-war – covertly glorifying war</li> <li>Anti-war</li> </ol> <li>Maturation Plot – Coming of age Story</li> <li>Redemption Plot – film arcs on a moral change within the protagonist from bad to good</li> <li>Punitive Plot – good guy turns bad and is punished</li> <li>Testing Plot – stories of will power versus temptation to surrender – Forest Gump</li> <li>Education Plot – Deep change within the protagonist’s view of life, people, or self from the negative (naïve, distrustful, fatalistic, self0hating) to the positive (wise, trusting, optimistic, self-possessed)</li> <li>Disillusionment Plot – a deep change of worldview from the positive to the negative – Great Gatsby, Macbeth</li> <li>Comedy</li> <ol> <li>Parody</li> <li>Satire</li> <li>Sitcom</li> <li>Romantic</li> <li>Screwball</li> <li>Farce</li> <li>Black Comedy</li> <li>Bro Comedy</li> </ol> <li>Crime</li> <ol> <li>Murder Mystery (master detective POV)</li> <li>Caper (master criminal’s POV)</li> <li>Detective (cop’s POV)</li> <li>Gangster (crook’s POV)</li> <li>Thriller or Revenge Tale (victim’s POV)</li> <li>Courtroom (lawyer’s POV)</li> <li>Newspaper (reporter’s POV)</li> <li>Espionage (spy’s POV)</li> <li>Prison Drama (inmate’s POV)</li> <li>Film