Repertoire of elements : a group of generic elements that can be put into 6 groups. Iconography, we expect to see certain images on the screen. Style, the way it is displayed through camera angles and editing. Setting where the film is set. Narrative, the moments that impact the equilibrium and/or resolve the disruption. Characters, the way in which a character affects the narrative. Themes, the display of universal themes.

Corpus : Collections of pieces of media in groups of authors and Genres

Hybridization : Th combination of two or more media pieces to create a new one

Historic specificity : The association of a genre to a time period

Repetition and sameness: The choice to reuse elements of previous media that worked. But to make sure not to over use and bore the Audience

Variation and change : The purposeful differences in a piece of media to make it feel fresh to the audience.

Narrative image

Expectations and hypotheses : the preconceptions the audience have of the genre/film they are going to see

Suspend disbelief : making people believe in your piece of media that removes them from the real world

Generic regime of verisimilitude : the way the media piece makes something appear true or real

Conventions and Rules : the unwritten rules that define which genre a media form is in

Sub – Genre : A genre within a genre a way to specify media forms further

Hybridity : The way in which different media forms and pieces are merged and combine to access new audiences

Genres of Order and Integration ( Thomas Schatz) : Thomas Schatz theorized that there are only two genres ( Order and Integration)

Order : Contested space, ideologically unstable, argued over by dominant male usually through violence often resolving in death

Integration : Civilised space, ideologically stable, only between main character through emotion resolved through love

Genres as Cultural Category : Jason Mittell theorized that genres surpassed media and operate in industry, cultural practices and audiences.

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