Horror

Conventions
Dark setting
Dark colours
Lonely/Isolated character and setting
Villain/Monster
Good vs Evil
Madness/Insanity
Revenge
Eg: The Shining, American Horror Story, Penny Dreadful

Comedy
Conventions
Upbeat music
Bright colours and lighting
Stereotypes
Naturalistic
Ordinary characters
Sarcasm
Idiotic characters
Eg: Friends, The Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons

Romance
Conventions
Boy meets girl
Aimed at female audience
Naturalistic setting
Often happy ending
Someone in the way of love
Eg: Vampire Diaries, Titanic, Love Actually

Examples
Linear Narrative
The story goes from the beginning to the middle to the end in
chronological order.
Eg: Coronation Street as it is a soap opera and they are shown in
chronological order.
Eg: The Simpsons Movie as the order of events are not
rearranged.
Non-Linear Narrative
The order of events is rearranged (for example with flashbacks
and flashforwards)
Eg: Momento as some scenes are shown in reverse order.

Realist Narrative
The scenes and script is realistic and believable.
Eg: Saving Private Ryan as it is a war film and is realistic of a war
Eg: Eastenders as it is a soap opera and is realistic of every day
life.
Anti-Realist Narrative
The scenes and script are not realistic and believable
Eg: Shrek as it is about a talking cartoon ogre and donkey which
is not realistic.
Eg: Harry Potter as it is about witches and wizards which is not
believable.
Flashback
The show or film skips backwards to show an event that
happened before the events that are currently taking place.
Eg: Once Upon A Time as some scenes flashback to show
something that happened before the modern part of the story
began.

Open Ending
The story is left unresolved and open to a sequel.
Eg: The Italian Job as it is not known whether or not the group
survive.
Eg: Inception as it is not clear whether it is a dream or not
Close Ending
The story is resolved.
Eg: Midsummer Murders as the story is resolved at the end of
each episode.
Eg: The Day After Tomorrow as the story is resolved and not left
open to a sequel.