Coursework: Genre

Genre is classifying something and grouping it with others. Genre has to follow a set of conventions (rules) so that the audience can recognise what they are seeing, however genre cant just be the same thing over and over again other wise the audience will get bored and stop going to see those types of films. To stop this from happening the directors of the films had to think of twists and turns, new and interesting ways to show a certain genre. This is how hybrids were made. Genre cycles is what keeps them rotating once on cycle is done another continues, but now we don't just have pure genre cycles we have hybrids. Hybrids are different genre's linked together a example of a famous hybrid would be a romantic comedy or (romcom).

Exam: Binary opposites

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSXiLgvl5CE

The binary oposites that i have picked out in this film are:

• Childhood and adulthood 
• Friendship and rivalry
• Young and old
• Rich and poor

This adds to the contrast in the film, it adds to the comedy that is portrayed and also interests the audience more. Each binary opposition also adds to the narrative of the film.

Coursework: Best hybrid film

I would say personally that the best hybrid film is an action/thriller. Examples of these hybrid films are Batman the dark knight rises, all of the Bourne films etc. It to me is considered the best hybrid film genre because it is more interesting, exciting and intriguing. I also find that action/thriller films have good narratives and have a very broad rage of conventions that they both have to include.