Film Genres - An Introduction

This pack explores the key concept of genre, what it means and to what extent it provides a useful way of understanding film texts. It also looks at how genre is used in marketing films. It focuses particularly on the genres of horror and science fiction, but also looks at other genres and genre hybrids.

Teachers' Notes and essay questions
Unit 1: Introducing genre
Unit 2: Genre classification
Unit 3: Hollywood and genre
Unit 4: Genres and audiences
Unit 5: Stars and genres
Unit 6: Critical approaches to genres
Unit 7: Non-Hollywood genres
Unit 8: A case study: British comedy
Bibliography and filmography