Genre Definitions

As a class, we looked at 5 different genres and discussed each of them in depth. They were Adventure story for a younger audience, Teenage romantic comedy, British social realist drama, Crime caper and Supernatural thriller with a strong female lead.

Adventure story for young audience
Films which follow this genre are;

• Harry Potter
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• Shrek
• Etc....

Some of the conventions which this genre uses would be;

• Exotic locations
• Maybe animatic
• Main character is portraied as the hero of the story

Teenage Romatic comedy
Films which follow this genre are;

• American Pie
• High School Musical
• She's all that

Some of the conventions which this genre uses would be;

• Mostly set in an american high school