A genre is a way of categorizing films, for example; Thriller, Horror, Action, Adventure, Comedy etc. Genres are useful for institutions because each genre always includes the same sort of things. Genres also help the makers to market the film and decide release dates as a good time to release a Romance or 'Rom Com' could be February because of Valentines day or October for a horror because of Halloween as they may gain a bigger audience in the cinemas.
A sub genre is when two genres cross, for example; Action Thriller, Supernatural Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Crime Thriller, Political Thriller.
I watch quite a lot of thriller films but the ones I tend to prefer are Action Thrillers and Crime Thrillers because I think they are easier to watch. I also like Supernatural Thrillers but tend not to watch them as much. Psychological Thrillers are aimed at an older audience roughly around 25-45. Some younger people like to watch Psychological Thrillers too although I think the target audience is aimed older because it takes a lot of concentration to watch them and adults may pick up and understand more things in the plot than a teenager.
Phone Booth is a Thriller film that I really enjoyed. This type of thriller inspires me because it is full of suspense and even though the whole film is set on a man in a Phone Booth a lot of things happen. This clip is from nearer the end of the film as i couldn't find the film opening.
Another Thriller film that I though was very effective was Green Zone. I would class this as an Action Thriller.
Whilst researching sub genres I have also found what is called 'Disaster Thriller' which is set around a natural disaster. An example of this sub genre would be the film 'Twister' (1996) which i have seen.
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