Characteristics of a genre
narrative - similar (sometimes formulaic) plots and structures, predictable situations, sequences, episodes, obstacles, conflicts and resolutions;
characterization - similar types of characters (sometimes stereotypes), roles, personal qualities, motivations, goals, behaviour;
basic themes, topics, subject matter (social, cultural, psychological, sexual, moral);
setting - geographical and historical;
iconography - a familiar stock of images or motifs, props, familiar patterns of dialogue, characteristic music and sounds; and
filmic techniques – style of camerawork, lighting, sound-recording, use of colour, editing etc.
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