Genre

In our lesson, we watched the theatrical trailer for 'Interstellar' and we had to determine what we thought the genre was for each moment when watching it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LqzF5WauAw

Then we watched the teaser trailer for 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' and again analysed the possible genres and conventions in this trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sagy5ceJk8 

Possible genres to explore:

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Crime/ Gangster

Drama and Melodramas

Epics/ Historical

Horror

Musicals

Science Fiction

War

Westerns

Biographical

Chick Flicks

Detective and Mystery

Disaster

Fantasy

Film Noir

Road

Romance

Sport

Supernatural

Superhero

Animated

Classics

Documentary

Thriller

Zombie

Cult

Serial

Silent

Genre Theory