repertoire of elements- key elements of a film that are consistently repeated throughout a genre.

hybridization- merging and combining different elements of media together.

corpus- when genres evolve as new texts are added to the body of similar texts.

historic specificity- genres that are associated with certain specific time periods.

repetition and sameness- the action of repeating something and something being the same.

variation and change- changing something from how it is or how it has or should been.

narrative image- telling a story in the moment or how it’s going or sequence of events unfolding over time.

expectations and hypothesis- how something is expected or believed to be and as proposition made as a basis of believing.

suspend disbelief- temporarily allow someone to believe something that isn’t true, especially to enjoy a work of fiction.

generic regime of verisimilitude- refers to what is likely to happen in a genre.