What is a Genre ?
A Genre is essentially a category that a film fits into based on the elements of the film. These elements can help classify which Genre the film belongs to. For example, a film directed for children which features lots of comedy, cartoon animation and young humour would be more lenient towards the comedy genre, Genres are identify by conventions used during the film which will help determine the Genre.
What is a Sub Genre?
A Sub Genre is a film that uses several conventions that belong to different Genres, this ultimately makes the film a cross genre. For example, a film that is set in on another planent with based on different lifeforms but features lots of comical dialoge and scenes could be defined as a Sci-Fci Comedy. This has been used a lot in industry with films such as Avatar which is a Non Fiction/Action and films such as Twlight which features lots of mythical creatures and vampires but features a heavy romantic story line with action
scenes.
Example of Sub Genre Film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2T7d8j6I5I
Personally i think sub genres are a great way into appealing to a wider audience and in a way taking exclusive conventions from different genres and merging them to create a more appealing, interesting movie. Personally when producing music i use a variety of genres to produce a sub genre, for example i will take the influences of ambient music,combined with garage music and new elements of R&B vocals to produce a sub genre called 'Future Garage' here is an example of one of my pieces.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZfnLUQ5BtI
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