Friday, 29 January 2016

Genre Research: Hybrid Genres

Hybrid Genre
 
Hybrid genre in film refers to a combination of two or more genres in one media product. Hybrid genre films create more opportunities for script writing and plotlines as it combines multiple elements and conventions of many genres. Some of the most common hybrid genres are:
 
RomCom-Romance, Comedy- "Bridget Jones' Diary", "Love Actually"
Action/Adventure-Action, Adventure- "Indianna Jones","Skyfall"
Horror/Thriller- "Final Destination", "The Cabin in the Woods"
Sci-Fi/Fantasy- Science Fiction, Fantasy- "Star Trek", "Avatar", "Star Wars"
War/Historical/Drama- "Saving Private Ryan", "War Horse."

There some new genre hybrids emerging in recent films such as:
 
Black Comedy/Drama-"August Osage County"
Comedy/Western/Action-"A Million Ways to Die in The West"
Disaster/Drama/Action-"2012", "San Andreas"
Family/Action/Comedy-"Kung-Fu Panda"
Comedy/Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller- "Attack the Block"






 

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