Different Genres and Their Generic Conventions.

Action

• Car chases
• Violence
• Special Effects
• Explosions
• Male Audience
• Laura Mulvey's Male Gaze Theory

Romantic Comedy

• Female Audience
• Relationship Based Storyline
• Love Triangle
• Happy Ending
• Stereotypes

Horror

• Blood
• Death
• Violence
• Weapons
• Gore
• Teen - Adult Audience

Thriller

• Psychological
• Paranormal
• Supernatural
• Unusual to have a happy ending
• Implications rather than Visuals

Comedy

• Slapstick
• Stereotypes
• Crude/Innuendo

Drama

• Plot Twists
• Older Female Audience
• Hyperbolic
• Life Events
• Period Dramas