The history of film is the historical development of the medium known variously as cinema, motion pictures, film, or the movies.
The history of films spans over 100 years, from the latter part of the 19th century to the present day. Motion pictures developed gradually from a carnival novelty to one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment, and mass media in the 20th century and into the 21st century. Motion picture films have substantially affected the arts, technology, and politics.
Genre is a very important component of a film, because it defines which direction the plot line will go and allows you to prepare yourself for that film. Genre is a categorization of certain types of art based upon their style, form, or content. Even though video stores use about eight to fifteen genres to categorize their films, there are about five main genres that are big and popular.
Every indivudual has their own movie preferences. There are people who love the hard core action and there are some who prefer the slow paced drama and romantic movies. People may be turned off by a movie because of the Genre It’s in.
Every indivudual has their own movie preferences. There are people who love the hard core action and there are some who prefer the slow paced drama and romantic movies. People may be turned off by a movie because of the Genre It’s in.
There are different types of movie genres out there are: Action, thriller, horror, comedy, kids, musical, wars, drama, teen and romance, crime, science fiction etc. Whilst having Genres, there are Sub-genres and it is a subcategory within a particular genre. They have their own distinctive subjects, matter, style, and iconography.
A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action. It includes an exciting, emotional, or unexpected event or circumstance surrounding the main character’s life. The features included in drama genre are:
Sub-genres include:
Ø Melodramas
The typical plot of this genre is a conflict between characters who personify extreme good and evil characteristics. Melodramas usually end happily and emphasize sensationalism. Melodramas originally referred to romantic plays featuring music, singing, and dancing.
Ø Road movies
This is a movie in which the main character travels and has adventures along the way. An example is a film called ‘Road’
Ø Sport films
This list of sports films is a compilation of films in the genre covering sports activities. Example: ‘Happy Gilmore, Rocky’
This genre of movie is mostly fast paced. The story line always has to do with one or more heroes that are thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases mainly through a clash of physical forces. They occasionally have a resourceful character struggling against incredible odds such as: life-threatening situations, an evil villain, and/or being chased in several ways of transportation (car, bus, truck, etc.) with victory achieved at the end after difficult physical efforts and violence. This keeps the audience awake and excited with their non-stop action sequences. They are usually filled with fast paced chases, explosions, fighting, numerous stunts, and special effects. The Action movies are usually intended to entertain male audiences from the ages of 13 to the mid-30s. Examples of Action movies are:
Ø Dark knight
Ø The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kings
Ø Inception
Ø The Matrix
Ø The Terminator
The Sub-genre of this includes features such as: Spy, Espionage, Martial arts, Race against time.
Romance
This is a genre that has been going on since the 1890s. Romantic movies are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centred on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus. Occasionally, lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, racial, social class status, or sexual orientation discrimination, psychological restraints or family that threaten to break their union of love. Examples of romantic films are:
Ø Casablanca
Ø Forest Gump
Ø City Lights
Ø Valentine’s Day
Sub-genres include:
Ø Historical romance
Romance that tells a story that takes place in the past.
Ø Romantic suspense
This is where a Hero and heroine solve a mystery and find love.
These types of films seek to extract a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewers. Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a genre of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its audience; it gives them the feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural. The genre has ancient origins which were reformulated in the eighteenth century as Gothic horror.
Ø The Thing, Alien
Ø The shinning
Ø Friday the Thirteen
Sub-genres include:
Ø Slasher
Involves Psychopathic killer stalking, and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a chainsaw or an axe. Example of this would be ‘Friday 13th’
Ø Science fiction
This type of genre is based on stories whose central struggle is generated from the technology and tools of a scientifically imaginable world. They have featured content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, parallel universes, aliens, and paranormal abilities. Examples are: ‘Back to the future, star wars and Alien’
Films based on this genre are emphasized mostly on humour; they are made to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedy films are mainly light-hearted Drama that is made to amuse and entertain the audience. Comedy movies are considered the oldest film genre and the most popular. Examples of comedy films are:
Ø I love you Philip Morris
Ø You Again
Ø Honey, I shrunk the kids
Sub-genres include:
Ø Spoofs
These films impersonate, ridicule, or scoff at serious situations and people. These films rely heavily on satire and can be used as a means of social or political commentary.
Ø Romantic comedies
Romantic-Comedy is a genre that attempts to catch the viewer’s heart with the combination of love and humor.
Ø Black comedy
These films often explore concepts and topics that are considered taboo. Black Comedy takes topics and situations that are commonly held as serious and explores them in a comical way.
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