Here are some of our ideas and the information we found on the genres:
- Revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime.
- Suspense is often maintained as an important plot element using non diegetic music, camera angles, low key lighting, and surprising plot twists.
- Mystery films: Sherlock Holmes, Vertigo, Blue velvet
Murder mystery | Long lost twin | Stalker | Unexpected crime | Revenge/ Vengeance (could be comedy/ Thriller)
- Create heightened feelings of suspense, surprise, anticipation and anxiety.
- The suspense in a story keeps the person hooked.
- Usually include major plot twists, cliffhangers, and sometimes have a villain-driven plot
- Thriller films: Inception and Black swan
Apocalypse - disease spreading - possibly hidden from public or purposely caused by gov | Supernatural | Superhero/ hero | Final Destination & Premonition similarities (Can see the future (foreshadow))
- Light-hearted, humorous plotlines, revolving around romantic ideals.
- There are usually obstacles in between the two lovers, but resolves, ending happily.
- Creates and illusion of love since its over-emphasized through these films
- Rom-Com films: Notting Hill and Sixteen Candles
Guy falls in love with girl unexpectedly (cliche) | Girl goes to dream school | Childhood sweethearts
- Emphasis is on humor, exaggerated characteristics, happy ending
- Comedy Films: Mr. and Mrs. Smith, White chicks, and 50 first dates
Undercover (She’s The Man, So Undercover, Killers) | Starting college or just getting out of college | Complete opposites (possibly end up together) | Guy tries to fool parents into thinking he has a formal girlfriend, but she’s not his girlfriend | Parents keep asking about girlfriend, guy hires an escort or gets a friend.
- Serious presentations or stories with settings or life situations that portray realistic characters in conflict with either themselves, others, or forces of nature.
- Human beings at their best, their worst, and everything in-between.
- Drama Films: Titanic, Creed, The Blue Lagoon, The Pursuit of Happyness
Poverty | Moral dilemmas | Prejudice
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"Romantic comedy film." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Web. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_comedy_film"Thriller (genre)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Web. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)
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