RESEARCH - Genre and Sub-genre

GENRE

A genre is a category which is built up through the elements used. for example, in the film industry, a film directed at men that involves guns and violence could be elements that build up the action genre. genres are identified by different conventions used which also determine genre. 

SUB-GENRE

The difference between genre and sub-genre is that genre is elements that make one category, whereas sub-genre uses various elements to create multiple genres combined. A good example of this is the genre thriller. a thriller is a single category, but also is an 'umbrella'. The umbrella consists of many subs, which combine with thriller to make a sub-genre. For instance, Action Thriller, comedy thriller, Sci-Fi thriller etc.


What thriller genre inspires me the most?
The thriller that inspires me the most is Batman : The Dark Knight. Batman falls under the action thriller sub-genre.  It had a large success, due to the unique style of approaching the audience. The characters, such as the joker, not only entertained the audience with the follow through of the classical joker comic books, but through the twists and turns throughout the film. The cliff hanger left the audience intense, ending in an unusual way.
Although our project is to work on a thriller opening rather than a whole film, batman could help in ways which create ideas. For example, considering batman used to be comic books, we can use comical ideas to create the opening, such as unusual characters in the opening scene and unusual effects which can relate to both batman and our thriller opening. Using these unusual aspects, we can come to create a unique styled opening.

this is the opening scene from the dark knight rises, which was released after the dark knight. this is very effectful as it continues the cliff hanger from the Dark Knight, engaging the audience and continuing a global film.