Genres.

Genres are different types of film for instance horror or comedy that aim to please the audience in a different way depending on the type of audience. A person who likes the horror genre may like it because it is jumpy and they are thrill-seekers, whereas people who enjoy romantic movies may watch them because they are more caring.


Hybrid genres are films where 2 or more genres are used and work with eachother, such as rom-com, or rom-zom-com. films such as shaun of the dead pull off the 'rom-zom-com' hybrid genre well. another film that uses hybrid genres but is not so new is 'alien', combining the sci fi genre with the horror genre.


The genres of film that are most popular in terms of Oscars are usually In the romance, comedy or drama genres. These are especially popular as drama and romance can both be made into 'epics', films that have very large budgets and aim to go down in history such as the godfather or citizen Kane which were revolutionary at the time. 


Some short films get picked up by bigger companies who would like to make them into feature length films. An example of a short film that has been turned into a feature length film is 'across the hall'. Originally wrote by alex merkin, he sold the rights to a bigger company, then wrote and directed the feature length version.


There is a huge fanbase for short horrors, probably because they are so easy to make and therefore there are a lot of them, and the fan base has grown considerably larger than other ones that there are not so many of. also there seems to be a correlation between age and genre. Stereotypically a lot of young people use the internet, and young people's favourite genre of film appears to be horror, so there is a lot of online activity surrounding horror.