The Study Of Genre

 What is Genre?

Genre, which comes from the French word for 'type', is important for both consumers and media producers. Consumers can make choices about media texts they wish to consume, and media producers can create a media text for a specific audience.

If a media producer wants to gain an audience for a particular genre, then they have to understand the genre codes and conventions and include them in the media text they are creating.

We were advised to select the genre that we would use in our film hence we did some research and collected information on several genres, our main focus being on comedy and horror. After spending 2-3 days on selecting the genre, we decided on the genre thriller and horror for our film. I hope we might be able to express the elements that we need in a thriller film. 

Here are some of the film concepts that inspired me.