Note's on Genre

The different types of Genre's

There is three different types of genre, they are:

Major Genre

-        Obvious

-        Easy to define

-        Dominant

-        Important category

Examples of major genres

-        Thriller

-        Comedy

-        Romance

-        Horror

-        Sci-fi

-        Western

Subgenre

-        Minor category/ sub vision

Examples of Subgenre’s

-        Crime

-        Medical

-        Political

-        Religious

-        Mystery

Hybrid genre/ generic hybrid

-        combination of major genre

Examples of Subgenres

-        Romance/ Comedy

-        Western/ horror

Concept

-        Audience

-        Analyse

-        Identity

-        Mainstream

-        Storyline

-        Target

-        Sell

-        Formula which works

-        Advertisers

-        Expect

-        Historical

-        Stars