My short film will be about domestic violence and the type of film genres that will feature in my short film will be drama and comedy.
Comedy: are usually light-hearted plots assigned to amuse and provoke laughter (with one-liners, jokes, etc.) by exaggerating the situation, the language, action, relationships and characters. Films such as : Dance Flick,Scary movie ,our idiot brother
,scream,date movie and American Pie expresses that. I will be adding a little bit of comedy into my short film to ease tension on the topic of domestic violence but i will still be showing the importance of dealing with domestic violence.
,scream,date movie and American Pie expresses that. I will be adding a little bit of comedy into my short film to ease tension on the topic of domestic violence but i will still be showing the importance of dealing with domestic violence.
Drama: are serious motivating film, portraying realistic characters, settings, life situations, and stories involving intense character development and interaction. Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre, with many subsets.Examples of dramatic films are : The Godfather ,Orphan,The Dark Knight and Seven pounds . I will be adding the drama genre in to my short film to tell a motivating story about dealing with domestic violence and what people don't usually think about when the topic of domestic violence is brought up.This will allow the auidence to violence behind domestic violence and one copes with it.
Adventure: are exciting filled with new experiences and mision which can be joint with an action genre. Adventure film mostly consist of historical context,expeditions,treasure hunts. Film such as Inception,Zathura,The Matrix and Toy Story.
Horror: are usually frightening and used to invoke fear; this makes a movie more captivating and entertaining to the audience.A horror genre is often combined with science fiction films such as : The Omen,Alien The Excorist,Drag me to hell and Jennifer's body.
Musical/dance: is film genre that concludes songs interlining with the narrative of the film by performances i.e dance routines. The song used in a musical film are mostly used to develop a character in the film or develop a plot. This is shown in films like : High school musical,Footloose,Hairspray and Alvin and the chipmunks e.t.c
Actions: consists of energetic,fast,physical stunts,fights and chase.All this gets the audience adrenalin pumping with a lot of explosions and destruction and the obvious plot of the bad guy and good guy "heroines" and it's usually a high budget film.For example : Hancock, Iron Man, Hell Boy and Hulk.
Well done, Abigail. I would like to see you applying what you have learnt about genre theories to your research into genre.
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