Steve Neale

• Neale explains that Genre is a collection of structured repertoire of elements in which signify that a genre is a genre. For example a typically horror movie will have a dark forest, moody lighting, and dark colours.  

• Predictable Expectations : This is where an audience can guess / know what will happen or occur during the movie / film.
• Reinforced : A strong structure.
• Amplify : Enlarge upon or add detail to (a story or statement).
• Repertoire of Elements : Features of a film that are repeated within a genre.
• Corpus : A language resource consisting of a large and structured set of texts.
• Verisimilitude : The appearance of being true or real.
• Realism : The accurate, detailed, unembellished depiction of nature or of contemporary life.
• Construction of Reality :
• Historically : A reference to past events.
• Sub-Genres : A genre that is part of a larger genre.
• Hybrid Genres : A genre that blends themes and elements from two or more different genres.
• Different : Not the same as another or each other and is distinctive to others.
• Familiar : Well known from long or close association.