Repertoire of Elements – elements of a film/TV show that are shown in almost every video that is a certain genre.

Corpus – new texts that are added to the body of similar texts.

Hybridisation – the term used to describe when two genres are merged into one film.

Historic Specificity – when a genre is associated with a specific time period – e.g. war is associated with WW1 or WW2 or Vietnam.

Repetition and Sameness – when a new film repeats stuff in the genre to achieve the successful formula that many others have used previously that are in this genre.

Variation and Change – when a new film varies parts of the film so the audience see it as a new different product but to still keep it similar so the audience still has some familiarity.

Narrative Image – how the story progresses in a similar format to other examples that are in the same genre.

Expectations and Hypotheses– what the audience expects and predicts will happen.

Suspend Disbelief – when the audience feel as if they are in or part of the film or TV show.

Generic Regime of Verisimilitude – what is likely to occur in a genre text.