genre film
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A film that was produced with the intent of strictly adhering to a specific genre by following tropes and standards set by previous films in that genre, such as science fiction, romance, comedy, horror, or film noir, with the existing audience knowing prior to watching the film that they are viewing a piece of art rather than something created to be sold.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "But the general characteristics of the genre set limits on the individual genre film, which renders it simpler for the audience to follow."
- "Genre films may therefore contain a more accurate description and a more radical critique of the values of the society that produced them than can the serious film, which is so self-contemplative, so obsessed with its own aesthetic status, that it neglects its connection to the audience."
- "A similar response is elicited by the genre film, with Langford suggesting that the “combination of sameness and variety is the linchpin of the generic contract”."
- "While genre film tends to treat things as they are and avoids the trap of advocating them, exploitation film sensationalizes them."
- "While Dixon's views on the audience may not be to everybody's liking, it is hard not to agree with his assessment of genre film; science fiction film was most definitely entering a period of predictability."
- "Nevertheless, I offer a tentative description of the representation of “race” and “blacks” in genre film."