Films often include conventions that can be seen in many products of the same genre. As the audience becomes familiar with them, they become predictable and typical of the genre.
Reinforced
Amplify
Repertoire of elements
Key elements of a film that are consistently repeated throughout a genre.
Corpus
The main body of a narrative or genre.
Verisimilitude
The appearance of being real and true.
Realism
Representation that is true to real life.
Construction of reality
Genre is a way in which reality can be constructed under a particular theme/category.
Historically specific
Sub-genres
A sub division of a certain genre. For example, a thriller film is a sub section of the horror genre.
Hybrid-genres
A combination of themes and elements from two or more different types of genres
