Summary of Genre - Jarrad

GENRE

What is genre?

Genre in media is usually referred to as a category or a "type" of certain media products e.g. film, TV shows, music, magazines and video-games. There are many different genres in films which are made up by a variety of codes and conventions. As we are the audience we can tell from the codes and conventions in a film, what genre it is which is important as we might want to watch a specific film. Some genres include: Comedy, Horror, Thriller, Romance, Western, Drama and many more. 

 Theorists

Steve Neal - Steve Neal believes that genres are repeated often but are always very similar. He believes that without differentiation within genres, there would be no audience as it wouldn't attract anyone.

David Buckingham - David Buckingham believes that genres are not specifically created the same due to culture, but they are always changing and coming up with new ideas to create a differentiation within genres.