Sub Genre

Sub-Genre

Sub-genres are identifiable sub-classes almost like a sub-heading, within the larger film genre, with their own distinctive subject matter, style, formulas and iconography.

For example; Spy, Political Thriller, Martial arts film and race against time

James Bond is a good example of a film with a lot of sub genres

 

 

Hybrid Genre

 

Hybrid genres are films that include more than one main genre. A good example of a genre that does this is Romantic Comedies. Hybrid genres appeal to a wider range of people as the audience for the film. This can be good for a film companies as there may be something for everyone in each film

 

Some more examples of hybrid genres are horror romance, horror war, historical drama, historical romance.

 

"Most films are hybrid genres because they contain attributes of more than one genre." - Warren Buckland

 

An example of a hybrid film is Sean of the dead, this is a horror/comedy film as it has element of both types of film.