GENRE RESEARCH
The word genre originated from France and means kind or type. Genre is a category used to describe and analyze films. Genres may structure the way people view the world. Ex: "Patton Oswalt reports that his high school friends categorized themselves along the genre lines: They were zombies (fans of Goth culture and metal rock).
Mixing genres is a change that has happened throughout the history of films. There are things called sub-genres which are genre's but with their own little twists such as distinct conventions of their own and perhaps appeals to different viewers. Genre categories help out a lot when it comes to deciding what films to make. Ex: Horror films are what the audience are waiting for so the directors will lean towards the horror side of films to attract majority of the audience. We largely agree on the conventions of the genre not noticing the conventions the movie is implementing. Ex: Recurring elements in romantic comedies. Lovers meet, they slowly get closer, a conflict interferes, they drift apart, they see each other again, go out again, and fall in love and live happily together. For filmmakers the conventions are what they have to work with where as the viewer, conventions shape our expectations about what were likely to see and hear. This means that when a filmmaker is creating a movie their not going to have a whole bunch of resources for any conventions they like, but rather they use what they have.
I learned after a lot of research and plenty of application I learned that there are differences in genre itself and genres. Two is that ever genre has their own convention. The second is that every genre has their own unique qualities like romance comedies will always consist of this process. The people meet, fall in love, conflict intervenes, they split up, they see each other again, get together, and live happily together. The other genres don't have conventions like that and that's what makes them what they are.
Sources:
My Group Genre Project
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