Blog task 3: What is Genre?

Genre is a simple phrase meaning the categorising ofentertainment. Film, Music, Poetry and Art are just some of the things that are usually split into genre, however in this case, i'm looking at the genre of film. The way in which films are categorised into genre is by the basic elements and 'characteristics' of the film. For example, the general characteristics of a comedy film are, a light hearted storyline, humorously exaggerated situations and generally a 'happy ending' whereas some of the main elements of an action film are, tense finger-biting story lines, one main hero/heroin, several forms of weapons, violence and car/transportation chases.

Some of the most famous film genres are Action, Adventure, Romance. Comedy and Sci-Fi, although sometimes those genres are combined to create a 'Hybrid' Genre, for example 'Action Adventure' and 'Romantic Comedy' this usually takes place when a single stamp cannot be put onto a film, a very good exaple of ma hybrid genre film is the 2011 release of 'Cowboys and Aliens' where we here saw a cowboy/contry western film collaborated with a sci-fi thriller.