Discussing Genre

Horror

In a Horror film the characters we expect to see are:
- Some sort of bad character who kills someone and also a victim. These are usually the main two characters.

The locations that we expect to see are:
- Dark dingy places, churches, abandoned houses, graveyards, these are all typical types of places.

Props that are typically used in Horrors are:
- Guns, knives, weapons, some sort of object the villain is scared of.

Costumes that we expect to see are:
- The villain is expected to wear dark cloaks, masks, hoodies. The other characters are supposed to wear lighter coloured clothes to make the villain stand out more.

Sounds that we expect from a horror film are:
- Low pitch speech from the villain, sound effects of blood splatters, low pitch music when someone is getting stalked, fast paced music when there is a chase.

The narrative set pieces that are expected in a horror film are:
- man in dark stalking younger person, villain wielding a knife reveals it slowly, music is slow and ominous, villain gradually getting closer, music gets more intense, victim screams and runs, music gets faster, victim comes to a dead end they start seeing things, one final scream.





Comedy

In a Comedy film the character we are expecting to see could be:
- We expect there to be the "slightly overweight" character, cocky character, main funny guy who is usually the pack leader, stressed out character/paranoid, dopey/dumb character.

The locations we expect to see could be:
- Bars, Clubs, in there own home, places where kids would normally go, places where things look like anything can go wrong.

Props that are likely to be used are:
- Toys, Alcohol, Drugs, Cars.

Costumes that we expect to see could be:
- Bright and colourful, scruffy clothes, clothes that do not fit properly, dirty clothes, big hats, big shoes.

Sounds that we expect from a comedy film could be:
- silly noises, fast paced music.

The narrative set pieces that are expected in a comedy film are:
- Anormal everyday man meets an idiotic character and goes on some sort of crazy adventure, he then becomes a little bit idiotic, they fall out, they settle their differences, become friends again.





Romance

In a romance film, the characters we expect to see are:
- Usually a handsome male and a pretty female, families of male and female, friends of male and female, pets.

The locations we expect to see are usually:
- Beach, at the couples home, holidays, hotels, workplace, gym, nightclubs and pubs.

Props that used could be:
- Flowers, rings, presents, maybe alcohol if in a bar.

Costumes we would expect to see could be:
- Wedding dresses, suits, work clothes, lazy around the house clothes, dress clothes.

Sounds that we would expect from a Romantic film could be:
- Gentle music, slow music, kisses would be louder, whispering.

The narrative set pieces that are expected in a Romantic film are:
- Boy meets girl, they fall in love, one of the characters has to go away for a while, one of them meets someone else, character comes back and tries to win them back, more obstacles throughout, they end up together.





Action

Characters we expect to see in an action film are:
- Main gang/ person, rival gang/ person.

Locations we expect to see could be:
- Streets in cars, on boats, on aeroplanes, in a war, in a office, underground bunkers

Props we could expect to see are:
- cars, weapons, boats, planes, gadgets.

Costumes that we can expect the characters to wear could be:
- Army uniform, suits, Undercover costumes, wetsuits, scuba suits.

Sounds that we can expect in a action film could be:
- Gunshots, main hero's got a distinct voice, villain has a creepy eery voice, water splashes, explosions.

The narrative set pieces that are expected in a Action film are:
- Main person/gang find out there is an object that they need/want to find, rival gang/ person also knows of this object, both gangs meet and fight, good guys win and get the object.