A genre is a way of separating films by putting them into different categories, e.g. horror,comedy,action and sci-fi. The advantages of having a genre is that is gives the audience a range of different films to watch that will suit them because everyone has a favourite genre, also by having a genre the audience will know what to expect from their film choices. The disadvantages of having a genre is that they might not always be helpful because what one person expects from a certain genre, might be different to what another person expects, e.g. someone from the 1900's, another disadvantage is its as if the genres are being put into boxes and catergorised, but thats not always helpful because every film is different no matter what genre they have.
The genre we have chosen for our film is a horror/comedy. The conventions of a horror comedy include a serial killer, murders (sometimes can be quite violent), a bit of slapstick that can be quite humourous and funny moments that make the audience laugh. The whole point of a horror comedy is to scare the audeince, but in a way that would also make them laugh, For example the film Tormented (image below) is a horror-comedy because the killings that occur in the film can be quite violent which would want to scare the audience, but there are also silly moments in the film that aim to make the audience laugh.
The genre of horror/comedy goes back to the 19th century, for example one of the first horror/comedy films was called Haunted Spooks (image below) it was about a man who tries to commit suicide because he cannot find love but then he marries this beautiful woman and they move into this mansion but it is spooked by a wicked uncle to tries to scare the couple away so he can have the mansion to himself.
Not only are genres about cateorgerising films, it's also about the directors who help make the films. Foe example a well known director is Keenen Ivory Wayans, he's an amaerican actor, comedian director and writer. He directed the films Scary Movie 1 and 2. I think Keenen Ivory Wayans is a good example because he knows everything there is to know about comedy/horror.
2000-Scary Movie-Keenan Ivory Wayans.
2009-Tormented-Jon Wright.
1920-Haunted Spooks-Alfred J. Goulding and Hal Roach.
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