The genre of a movie or show describes what is expected and how we categorise the films together depending on what is contained within the narrative. For example, in a rom com movie you would expect both romance, comedy and quite light-hearted subject matter, scattered with puns throughout. However in a gangster movie you would expect violence, crime and dark plot elements.
Genre is important as it gives the audience an idea as to what will be contained in the film so that they can have a vague idea as to whether or not they will enjoy the movie and what can be expected to happen in the film.
The genre of a film is built by the codes and conventions of the film, for example the codes and conventions expected in a gangster film would be that the colours will be dark, representing the subject matter, that there will be props such as guns and cars and that the characters will be dressed in suits, our opening, however will not follow the convention of the characters being in suits, as it is set amongst younger 'chavvier' gangsters.
Our film will be a British distributed film, meaning that the opening should be minimalistic but still dramatic and 'eloquent' as opposed to american films that tend to be less experimental and more fitting into a blockbuster/Hollywood mould for all films to be packed more full of explosions and stimulating elements than realism and storyline, there are obviously many exceptions to this rule.
Knowing how to distinguish between genres will help as it will help us make a piece fitting to the forms and conventions of a real gangster.
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