Genres

What genre would you classify your film as?

Thriller

Think of three examples from the same genre

Taken, Obsessed

List all of the things that they have in common - character types, story events, settings, etc.


How many of these elements appear in your own story?

What elements are unique to your story?

why do media producers use genres?

so they can produce more information about their film and so you know what you are watching and so they can compare which ones are popular so they know what genre to make.

How do we as audiences use genres?

we use genres to decide what sort of film we want to watch.

who is the target audience for your film? how will your use of genre appeal to them?

our target audience is 14-18 year olds and our genre will appeal to them by making it psychologically thriller 

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