Genres and Conventions

Genre	Conventions	Film Titles
Action	Fighting, violence, car chases, hero, villain, shooting, fast paced, explosions, destruction, weapons, missions	Mission Impossible
		Fast and Furious
		Die Hard
		The Avengers
		Taken
		Jurassic World
Science - Fiction	Unusual creatures, UFO, set in the future, futuristic technology, exotic location, good and evil, robots	Star Wars
		Star Trek
		Avatar
		The Terminator
		District 9
		I, Robot
Comedy	Slap stick, Stereotypes, Laughter, people getting hurt, people being unusual/silly, failures, funny plot	Step Brothers
		Anchorman
		The Hangover
		Dumb and Dumber
		Pixels
		Borat
Animation	For children, young characters, bright, creative, fun, toys, cartoons, exotic locations, non-human things talking	Cars
		The Incredible
		Frozen
		Up
		Finding Nemo
		Wall - E
Horror	Dark, screaming, blood, ghosts, spirits, death, injuries, abandoned locations, low key lighting, supernatural	Insidious
		The Cabin in the Woods
		Alien
		The Conjuring
		Saw