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Go, Margaret Blanche P.

Jalang, Ti any Marice A.

Olmilla, Jomarie

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Suarez, jaslyn Claire P.

GROUP REPORT NO. 3

SCHEDULE OF REPORT: October 25, 2021

TOPIC: Movie Genres

Movie Genres

De nition of a Movie
• A movie is a type of visual communication which use moving graphics, pictures, or text for
entertainment, education, or to communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty,
or atmosphere. A story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and
shown in a theater or on television; a motion picture.

The History behind the Creation of Movies

• In 1878, Edward Muybridge created the rst

movie ever made by placing twelve cameras
on a racetrack and rigging the cameras to
capture shots in quick sequence as a horse
crossed in front of their lenses.

• On June 15th, 1878, he placed 12 large

glass-plate cameras in a line at Stanford’s
Palo Alto Stock Farm (now the Stanford
University campus), set up a sheet in the
background to re ect as much light as
possible, and rigged them with a cord to re
sequentially as the horse passed.

• The results are the 11 frames of the very rst

movie ever made.
The Horse in Motion
By: Edward Muybridge
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 Why was the rst lm made about a horse?

• In 1872, one of the main barroom debates revolved around this question: when a horse is
trotting or galloping, are all four of the horse’s feet o the ground at the same time?

• The answer to this question is obvious to anyone who has ever seen slow-motion footage
of a horse in full ight, but it’s much harder when the animal is moving at full speed.

• The then-governor of California, racehorse owner, reached out to Edward, who at that time
was a famous photographer, and o ered him $2,000, to settle the debate.

• Categories that de ne a movie based on its narrative elements, aesthetic approach, or the
emotional response to the lm.

Movie Genres
• Categories that de ne a movie based on its narrative elements, aesthetic approach, or the
emotional response to the lm.

Action

Action genre has close ties to classic strife and struggle narratives that you nd across all
manner of art and literature. It’s also one of the best examples of the evolution of our cinematic
hero’s journey and the classic hero vs. villain narratives

Some of the main sub-genres include:

• War and Military Action

• Spy and Espionage Action

• Martial Arts Action

• Action Hybrid Genres

Comedy

Comedy lms are funny and entertaining. The lms in this genre center around a comedic
premise—usually putting someone in a challenging, amusing, or humorous situation they’re not
prepared to handle.

Some of the main sub-genres include:

• Slapstick Comedy

• Screwball Comedy

• Parody Comedy

• Black Comedy

Horror

Horror is a genre of storytelling intended to scare, shock, and thrill its audience. Horror can be
interpreted in many di erent ways, but there is often a central villain, monster, or threat that is
often a re ection of the fears being experienced by society at the time.

Some of the main sub-genres include:

• Zombie Horror

• Folk Horror

• Body Horror

• Found Footage Horror


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 Science ction (Sci-Fi)

A lm genre that uses speculative, ctional science-based depictions of phenomena that are
not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial lifeforms, spacecraft, robots,
cyborgs, interstellar travel or other technologies.

Some of the main sub-genres include:

• Space Travel

• Time Travel

• Cerebral Science

• Robot and Monster Films

• Disaster and Alien Invasion


Romance

Romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theaters and on TV that focus
on passion, emotion, and the a ectionate romantic involvement of the main characters and the
journey that their love takes them through dating, courtship or marriage. 

Some of the main sub-genres include:

• Historical Romance

• Romantic Drama

• Romantic Comedy

• Chick Flick

• Paranormal Romance

Thriller

Thrillers expertly blend mystery, tension, and anticipation into one exciting story. It often
introduce red herrings, divulging plot twists, and revealing information at the exact right
moments to keep the audience intrigued. Thrillers often include a “ticking clock” aspect, where
the stakes are set against a nite amount of time.

Some of the main sub-genres include:

• Conspiracy Thriller

• Crime Thriller

• Legal Thriller

• Spy Thriller

• Supernatural Thriller

Western

Western are set primarily in the American Old West between the late eighteenth century and
late nineteenth century. These tell the story of cowboys, settles, and outlaws exploring the
western frontier and taming the Wide West.

Some of the main sub-genres include:

• Classic Western

• The Revisionist and Anti-Western

• Contemporary and Neo-Western

• Fantasy and Space Western

• Modern Western


Fantasy

Fantasy is in the context of imagination, dreams, or hallucinations of a character or within the

projected vision of the storyteller.  These contain feature elements of magic, supernatural
forces, or exotic fantasy worlds.

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• High or epic fantasy

• Low fantasy

• Magical realism

• Sword and sorcery

• Dark Fantasy

• Fables

• Fairy tales

• Superhero ction

Mystery

Mystery focuses on puzzling crime, situation, or a circumstance that needs to be solved.

Stories can either be ctional or non ctional and can focus on both supernatural and non-
supernatural topics.

Some of the main sub-genres include:

• Standard Private Eye

• Cozy Mysteries

• Classic Detectives

• Police Procedurals

• Hard-boiled

Drama

Drama features stories with high stakes and numerous con icts. This is plot-driven and follows
a de ned plot. Often times, this portrays real-life scenarios or extreme situations with
emotionally driven characters.

Some of the main sub-genres include:

• Historical drama

• Romantic drama

• Teen drama

• Medical drama

• Docudrama

• Film noir

Activity:

Based on the movie (Coco, 2017) that you have watched, create a re ection paper answering
the following questions below:

1. What is one word that you can associate to the movie “Coco”, and why? 

2. Can you relate to any of the characters in the the movie “Coco” in any way? Cite one
occurrence.

3. How did this movie a ect your perspective between life and death?

*Activity is worth 30pts. (10pts per item)*


Format: Short-size bond paper, Arial, 12, 1-inch margin on all sides 

Deadline: November 1, 2021 @12nn

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Reference:
Aldredge, J. (2020, June 10). A guide to the basic lm genres (and how to use them). The Beat:
A Blog by PremiumBeat. Retrieved October 24, 2021, from https://
www.premiumbeat.com/blog/guide-to-basic- lm-genres/.

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