Repertoire of elements- the theory that a certain genre of film will have similar characters

Corpus- Big structured text

Hybridisation- Is a genre that is a mix of themes and elements from two or more different genres

Historic Specificity- Associated with certain time periods

Repetition ans sameness- Genre text producers walk a fine line between repeating successful formulas with only minor variations

Variation and change- Varying it sufficiently to still allow familiarity but also make the audience feel the product they are consuming feels fresh.

Narrative image- visual story telling

Expectation and hypothesis- The assumption of the audience based on how its presented

Suspend disbelief-