Mainly suggesting that genre is presented through Stephen Neale’s theory which is this topic has many similarities and differences. There are various types of genres such as a hybrid genre, which is genres that are mixed together such as a film comedy and a comedy musical. They both have elements of comedy to fit the criteria that the audience are expecting but there are noticeable differences within the two products which sets them apart for the audience. Stephen Neale portrays that the main tensions are between repetition and sameness versus variation and change.

Level of verisimilitude = to a certain extent where the media product can reference the real world

Narrative similarities = The recognition of defined story structures