Genre, Sub-genre and audience

Genre is a category that is characterized by similarities in style or subject matter. e,g, Comedy, thrillers and fantasy. In the opening of a film this has to come across through uses of sound, fonts, camera shots, editing pace and mise en scene.

Subgenre is a category that encapsulates 2 genres or more. e.g comedy/fantasy and action/thriller. Genre's are important as they need to attract an audience  and guarantee profit through a reliable source. Signifiers such as color are used to send specific messages to the audience about the mood and atmosphere.

This film looks is an adventure, fantasy , drama. By looking at the poster the background setting notifies the audience that they are in a forest. There is an element of fantasy through the text 'Harry Potter ' it is written in a way similar to the texture of a magical wand. The characters are not facing the audience they seem to be running away from something or someone which intrigues us to find out what.  This film is an adventure and fantasy which can be viewed by all ages. 

The genre and subgenre of this film is romance, drama and thriller.
They key signifiers are the images shown in the DVD cover. The image beneath the title 'unfaithful' is of a woman and man looking intimate and close, this connotes that their will possibly be sexual scenes. Therefore it is an 18+ audience.

The titles in films usually introduce audiences to the genre. 'Unfaithful' presents issues of a broken relationship so audience will expect drama and romance. The uses of dull autumn colors connote that this could be an unpleasant moment for the characters involved.

This is the thriller sub-genre of my choice.

This is a drama, mystery and thriller sub-genre. The key signifiers are the font the title is written in. The faded text is similar to the mysterious and ghostly narrative of the film. The word 'suspenseful' creates anticipation for audience. This film is rated PG-13, but i think it should be 15+ as younger children might not be interested in the mystery and thriller plot line plus the scenes may be to vigilant and spooky for them.

The others is a film about kids. Most supernatural films tend to start with young children. Through mise en scene the audience can see they are dressed as if they are from the past. The film is set in a massive haunted house. Younger audiences from 16/25 will enjoy this movie as it is exciting and thrilling.

This is the trailer of the film ' The others'. There is a recurring motif used of the children bringing up ' The others' in my thriller I would like to incorporate a recurring musical motif possibly that creates anticipation and links the storyline. Non-diegetic sound is used to build up tension and heighten intensity. During my thriller I want to use sound effects such as wind and lighting to create this effect.