Oh the list! Here is the compiled list of genre's that we will lotto off to the teams. This list was provided by Chuck Peters at Valley Video Services and uses wiki definition links for a little more information. Which one do you want? Which one will you get!
Western: Western films commonly feature as their protagonists stock characters such as cowboys, gunslingers, and bounty hunters, often depicted as semi-nomadic wanderers who wear Stetson hats, bandannas, spurs, and buckskins, use revolvers or rifles as everyday tools of survival, and ride between dusty towns and cattle ranches on faithful steed: (Modern Western is up for interpretation)
Action: A film genre where in the story is largely told through physical action as opposed to dialogue. The action typically involves individual efforts on the part of the hero.
Science Fiction: A film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, ESP, and time travel, often along with futuristic elements such as spacecraft,robots, or other technologies.
Fantasy: Are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds.
Thriller: A genre of literature, film and television that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements.
Mystery: A sub-genre of the more general category of crime film. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.
Crime & Gangster/Film Noir: A genre that involves various aspects crime and the criminal justice system. Stylistically, it can fall under many different genres, most commonly drama film, thriller film, mystery film, action film , caper film and film noir. Films focused on the Mafia are a typical example of crime films.
Horror: Are unsettling movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, disgust, panic, alarm, shock and horror from viewers through the means ofmacabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres. Horrors also frequently overlap with thethriller genre.
Action: A film genre where in the story is largely told through physical action as opposed to dialogue. The action typically involves individual efforts on the part of the hero.
Science Fiction: A film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, ESP, and time travel, often along with futuristic elements such as spacecraft,robots, or other technologies.
Fantasy: Are films with fantastic themes, usually involving magic, supernatural events, make-believe creatures, or exotic fantasy worlds.
Thriller: A genre of literature, film and television that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements.
Mystery: A sub-genre of the more general category of crime film. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.
Crime & Gangster/Film Noir: A genre that involves various aspects crime and the criminal justice system. Stylistically, it can fall under many different genres, most commonly drama film, thriller film, mystery film, action film , caper film and film noir. Films focused on the Mafia are a typical example of crime films.
Horror: Are unsettling movies that strive to elicit the emotions of fear, disgust, panic, alarm, shock and horror from viewers through the means ofmacabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres. Horrors also frequently overlap with thethriller genre.
Doc-Mock-umentary: Documentary film is a broad category of moving pictures intended to document some aspect of reality. A "documentary film" was originally a movie shot on film stock—the only medium available—but now includes video and digital productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a television programme. Mockumentary (also known as mock documentary) is a genre of film and television in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format
Thriller: A genre of literature, film and television that uses suspense, tension and excitement as the main elements.
