Different Genres of Film

When given the task of making an introduction of a film, I began by researching different genres that my film would fit into. I find that there a few common genres, these include Action, Horror, Romance, Comedy and family. A genre that is also very popular is documentary as this covers everything from deaths of celebrities, natural disasters, and many more that covers ethical or religious beliefs. There is also a recent development of a hybrid genre i.e. Romcom, action/adventure, horror/comedy, many more. A hybrid films are made from a mixture of genres combined together.
Action Films consists of having a continuous amount of high compacted energy, meaning there is a lot of physical stunts and activities. Some of which may include Car chase scenes, explosions and an expansion of natural disasters. An example of an action film is Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
Horror films are inspired by science friction of monsters and alien. Horror films are designed to frighten the audience as well as invoking common fears which may weaken the audience members. Typically you would see within this genre that lighting within a film is dark and gloomy. This is used to create suspends, meaning that the audience would continue to watch as they would be interested in what happens next. An example of a horror film is Survival of the Dead.
Romantic films are filled with lots of love and romance, whether through people meeting each other for the first time ‘love at first sight’, people having an affair, or even addressing the problems that couples in love may encounter; there are many aspects of ‘love’ to list them all. However the stories within this genre normally ends on a happy ever after regardless of the type of love expressed in the film. A few examples of romantic films include ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ and most recently ‘Dear John’.
A Comedy film designed to get the audience laughing, to create laughter the producers may include black comedy which means laughing at someone’s misfortune or expanding the problems of life. A director or producer of a film from this genre has to be careful that it doesn’t offend most of the viewing audience, as this would involve a future loss in profits. An example of comedy film is Billy Madison.
A family film entertains the whole family and may include aspects of other genres such as characters falling in love or have a comedy side to it. Many family films are animated this allows younger generations who are watching it to expand their creative side as they grow older. The lighting used in a film of this genre would be bright as it represents happiness. Examples of a family film are Shrek, finding nemo.
Social realism genre keeps the film naturalistic in representing the era of the piece correctly and allowing the audience to believe its authenticity. The lighting in a social realism film would be normally be naturalistic and use natural daylight this allows it to stay naturalistic but the audience would have to consider other technical areas such as camera, sound, Mise-en-scene or editing to unearth the hidden meanings of the film. Examples of social realism films include ‘This is England’, ‘Sweet Sixteen’ and ‘Last Resort’.
Examples of films from all kinds of media is found on The Internet Movie Database.