Film Title

Genre

Sub-Genre

Classificat
ion

Recognisable
Conventions

Why Genre is Suitable For

Coursework?

Why Genre isnt Suitable

Coursework?

Musical

Romantic/Come
dy

PG

-Music
-Hopeless Romantic
main character
-Comical characters
-The girl that steals the
boy
-The handsome guy
-The life dilemmas.

As it has no violence or
inappropriate behaviour in. It is
designed to entertain and be a
family film meaning it wont
have swearing, drugs etc. The
characters and costumes
wouldnt be difficult for this
genre either.

Bridget Jones
Diary

Comedy

Romantic/Dram
a

15

-Funny characters and

lines
-Hopeless Romantic
main character
-The love triangle
between 3 people

-The set would be easy as it is

set in the 21st century.
-The costumes would be easy
as you could just have normally
dressed characters

It wouldnt be a good idea t

have people out singing in
film. One song would take u
whole of our short film. Also
would mean a lot of editing
recording of the music. Ano
thing is that making films fu
to all is very difficult as peo
have different senses of hu
- What you may find funny,
not be funny to the audienc
-the explicit language of the
- The Romance may not be
appropriate.

Lord of the Rings:

The Fellowship of
The Ring

Action

Adventure/Fant
asy

PG

-Mythical creatures and

characters
-Heroes going on
adventures to rescue
people and places
-an unsuspected hero
-Fantasy styled music

This is suitable as the

characters would be easy to
portray. Also the music would
be easy to get hold of and
create as much fantasy music
has been created and can be
developed.

Insidious

Horror

Thriller

15

-Suspension
-The innocent victims
-The scary
creature/curse/horror
causing terror

Easy settings and costumes as

it can be set in the 21st century.
Can create suspense and the
eerie music can be easily got
to create the horror film. Also

Hairspray

The creatures wouldnt be e

to create and the setting of
fantasy land would be hard
find unless we went to the
countryside. It wouldnt be
practical to have a mythica
based film when we live in
21st century with nothing m
mythical about it.
The timing we film the film
be at night meaning we mig
not be able to film on certa
locations. Also it could be v
in some places meaning it i

Star Trek

Sci-Fi

Action/Adventur
e

12

Tangled

Animatio
n

Family/Comedy

PG

The Other Boleyn

Girl

Historical

Drama/Biograp
hy

12

The Good The

Bad The Ugly

Western

Adventure

18

-The shocking moments

that make people jump
-Dark/Tense music
-The timing of terror
-Futuristic setting and
costume
-Space disasters
-Futuristic creatures
-The heroes
-Futuristic music
-The comical twist on
classic fairy tales
-Animated characters
and setting
-Comedy that is
designed for adults and
children
-The hero/heroine
-The villain
-Historically accurate
costumes (long gowns
and pantaloons)
-historical actions and
punishments
- Historical setting and
props of the time period
(Tudor)
-Music of the time
period
-Good Cowboy
-Western setting
-Western styled props
-Cattle and horses
-Traditional western

there are a lot of forest areas

which are traditional to many
horror films.

inappropriate.

It would be easy to write

dialogue for this sort of film.
Also the action scenes would
be great for building tension
and adventure in our task.

The setting wouldnt be pra

and the costumes would be
difficult to get hold of. Also
special effects needed wou
take time to create and edi
that the film looked realistic
It would take forever to crea
and design the characters a
the software needed to crea
an animated film would be
difficult. Also we would hav
record the actors dialogue a
then spend time matching i
the action going on in the
animated sequence
There arent any castles or
historical settings that are s
intact to film the film. The
costumes would be expens
and difficult to find. Also it w
take a lot of research to ma
sure that the period we set
genre of film in meaning we
would be using up valuable
filming time.
The setting would be difficu
find to make sure that the g
of film is accurate and belie
to the audience. Also we m
have a bit of trouble with

The storyline would be easy to

follow
No use of bad language or
sexual assault etc.

The music would be easy to

get hold of and possible to add
to make the film realistic. The
historical facts would be easy
to get hold of so that we
represent the period we would
set the film in is accurately
represented.

Outfits arent too difficult to get

hold of and most of the props
arent difficult to get either. Not
too much violence.

Sherlock Holmes:
A Game of
Shadows

Crime

Action/Adventur
e

12

Saving Private
Ryan

War

Action/Drama

15

shoot out
-Western music
-Cowboy conflict
-Saloon setting
-Mystery that has to be
solved
-A detective (slightly
odd/Insane)
-Detectives right hand
man
-A villain
-Murder
- Set in periodic crime
period
-Detective wears
traditional costume you
would associate with a
detective.
-War
-Conflict
-Tragic deaths of
soldiers
Soldiers fighting to save
their country
-War Music
-Costumes and setting
of a war.

Storylines arent difficult to

come up with and most of the
props are easy to get and
have. The characters are easy
to portray.

There would be no
inappropriate actions in the
film we create in this genre.

weapons if we are filming o

premises where people kno
are only filming and not rea
fighting or having a shoot o
Some of the violence many
too much for our coursewor
Language and some referen
may be inappropriate. Also
props may be easy to get h
but they are expensive alon
with costumes.

The set and props would be

difficult to find and the cost
would be expensive. Also th
may be to music violence in
film of this genre.