Genre, sub-genre and hybrid genre.

What are genre, sub-genre and a hybrid genre?

Genre – is the way of categorising the film so that the audience can decide whether they want to see the film or not before actually seeing it. For example – a thriller genre, if you like being scared and seeing blood, you would probably want to find out more about the ‘coming soon’ film in this category. A genre is often created through the use of conventions.

Sub-genre - is a category within the category, when a genre is divided into more directions, which are too small to be a genre on its own. For example, a political thriller.

A hybrid genre - is where two or more genres are combined in order to attract more consumers. For example, romantic comedy or horror-thriller is a nice hybrid genre because it may be attractive for both males and females, what brings more money to the institution. However, some hybrid genres become too popular so actually form a genre, like in the case of the romantic comedy.