Research Into Genres

Action films:
1. Usually high energy
2. Contain voilence, fight scenes, murder Etc
3. Usually follows the 'good guy'
4. A big crisis in the form of either buildings being destroyed or lifes being lost
5. Fast paced, ( Like the Bourne films and the latest James Bond film )

Thriller films:

I have already looked at coventions of thrillers earlier in my blog, some well known thrillers are:

The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Rear Window (1954)
Cidade de Deus (2002)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Fight Club (1999)
Psycho (1960)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Horror Genre:

Blood
Death
Killing
Darkness
Villain
Victims
Haunted houses and isolated settings
Monsters
Evil
Weapons
Storms
Chase sequences
Gore
Ghosts
Violence
Screams

Horror films:

Psycho (1960)
Alien (1979)
The Shining (1980)
Aliens (1986)
Diaboliques, Les (1955)
Låt den rätte komma in (2008)
The Thing (1982)
Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage (1926)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Frankenstein (1931)

Adventure films:
1. They usually include a very intertesting location
2. Happiness and sadness shown
3. Unusual creatures in the film.

The top 10 adventure films according to the IMDB website are:
1. Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il (1966)
2. Dzhentlmeny udachi (1972)
3. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
4. Shichinin no samurai (1954)
5. Star Wars (1977)
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
7. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
9. North by Northwest (1959)
10. The Matrix (1999)

Comedy genre:
1. Funny main character
2. funny plot
3. No serious gun fights, they would all be funny.

The top 10 comedy films according to the IMDB website are:
1. Balkanski spijun (1984)
2. Dzhentlmeny udachi (1972)
3. Sluzhebnyy roman (1977)
4. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
5. Verdugo, El (1963)
6. Zügürt Aga (1985)
7. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983)
8. WALL·E (2008)
9. Kibar Feyzo (1978)
10. Esperando la carroza




Websites I used to carry out this research:
http://www.imdb.com/chart/comedy
http://www.imdb.com/chart/adventure
http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html
http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Genres/Horror/
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/444810/index.html