The word genre is originated from the French word meaning 'type' or 'class'. Within media this means the class or type of film is. There are a range of different genres for example, Western, Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama, Mystery, Musical, fantasy Etc...
Different sounds, settings and images are associated with different genres. For example the images and videos below are associated with the Western genre;
The pictures above show what is associated with the western genre, which includes cow boy hats, tanned skin, guns, hot sun settings and horses.
Sub-Genres
Within genres there are also sub-genres which contain a mixture of genres. For example 'Now You See Me' is a mixture of Crime, mystery and Thriller.
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