The word genre, evolves from the French word meaning 'type'. Within film and television, there are many types of different genres, such as:
- Action
- Comedy
- Thriller
- Horror
- Romantic
- Fantasy
- Science Fiction
- Crime
The list goes on. Each individual genre can be identified by its common set of distinguished features known as the codes and conventions.
Genres help audiences and institutions to decide on what they want to see from a film. For example, someone may be more into romantic films than action films. To expand more on a genre, producers can craftily create slightly different conventions to be seen throughout their film, therefore incorporating a sub-genre. Again, the list goes on with many different possible sub-genres throughout each genre, such as:
- Action Suspense-Thrillers
- Family-comedies
- Costume dramas
- Sci-Fi Thrillers
Genre's are so important within film and television because it helps when planning the film, and shooting it, to follow a convention and code in order to create a certain feel about the film that the director wants and gives the film more of a meaning.
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