Harry

Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Genre: Fantasy
Sub-Genre: Mystery/adventure/thriller/romance
Classification: 12A
Recognisable Conventions: Magic, mythical creatures, wizards and witches,
quest
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Positives): Creative storylines
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Negatives): Would cost a lot to produce,
would need a large cast, would need a lot of high-tech equipment, a lot of
unusual props, would constantly need to have special effects and use of CGI,
would be difficult to find appropriate locations for this genre

The Conjuring
Genre: Horror
Sub-Genre: Mystery
Classification: 15
Recognisable Conventions: Gore, tension, scary, shock the audience, demons
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Positives): Could be easy to find costumes
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Negatives): Would need to spend a lot of
money on props, the use of CGI would be high, would cost a lot to produce,
would have to be filmed at a specific type of location

Titanic
Genre: Romance
Sub-Genre: Historical/drama

Classification: 12
Recognisable Conventions: Love story, a couple, near happy ending
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Positives): Easy to produce a storyline,
wouldnt have to worry too much about costumes or props, could film it at
pretty much any location
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Negatives): (If as extravagant as Titanic) it
would cost a lot to produce, major set would need to be produced, and a lot of
high-tech equipment would be needed

Star Wars
Genre: Science Fiction
Sub-Genre: Fantasy/adventure/action
Classification: U
Recognisable Conventions: Robots, aliens, spaceships
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Positives): --
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Negatives): Would need big sets and
costume, would be extremely expensive to produce, need a lot of sound
effects

The Purge
Genre: Thriller
Sub-Genre: Horror/Science Fiction
Classification: 15
Recognisable Conventions: Crime, tension, violence
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Positives): Could be easy to find costumes

Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Negatives): Would need a lot of special

effects, would cost a lot to produce, need a lot of props, difficult to find filming
locations

The Hunger Games
Genre: Action
Sub-Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Classification: 12A
Recognisable Conventions: Adventure/task they have to overcome, hero,
tension, set in the future, violence, running, fighting
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Positives): It would be easy to build the
tension.
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Negatives): Would need a large cast, would
have to do a lot of action shots, would cost a lot to make for all the props,
would have to use CGI and it would be difficult to find an appropriate location
to use. It would cost a lot of money to make.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Genre: Adventure
Sub-Genre: Fantasy/Action
Classification: 12A
Recognisable Conventions: Fighting, quest, hero, orchestral music, pirates,
good guy/bad guy
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Positives): Characters would be easy to
portray (easy stereotypes), easy to find and add appropriate music, wouldnt
necessarily need a large cast

Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Negatives): Expensive costumes and props,

would have to use CGI, difficult to find appropriate locations

Shaun of the Dead
Genre: Comedy
Sub-Genre: Action/Parody/Science Fiction/Adventure/Horror
Classification: 15
Recognisable Conventions: Parody, funny, uplifting music, people in brightly
coloured clothes, bright places, over the top expressions
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Positives): Easy to find locations to use, easy
to make stereotypical characters, be cheap to produce, easy costumes
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Negatives): Actually producing a funny
script, (with a parody) difficult doing the make-up

Inception
Genre: Mystery
Sub-Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction/Thriller/Adventure/Action
Classification: 12A
Recognisable Conventions: Non-realistic, unrealistic, dream-like states
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Positives): Costumes would be easy to find
and produce (in most cases)
Genre Suitable for Coursework? (Negatives): Writing an appropriate script,
having to use CGI, would cost a lot to produce

Film Title

Genre

Sub-Genre

Classification

Recognisable
Conventions

Genre Suitable
For
Coursework?
POSITIVES
Easy to create a
storyline.

Shrek

Animation,
Comedy, Family
and Adventure
Film

Comedy
Animation

Contains very
mild bad
language and
mild comic
violence Rated
U.

Fairytale, Prince,
Princess and
Fairy God
Mother. Goodie
and Baddie.

Dear John







Mean Girls





The Notebook

Romance Film,
Film Adaptation,
Drama and War
Film.

Chick Flick

Contains
infrequent
moderate sex
and violence
Rated a 12.

Relationships,
Easy to create a
love and a
storyline.
problem why the
couple cant be
together.

Comedy and
Teen Film.

Teen Comedy.

Contains
moderate
language, sex and
drugs
references
Rated a 12.

Cheerleaders,
school outcast,
bullies and
relationships.

Drama and
Romance.

Romantic Drama. Contains

moderate sex
Rated a 12

Genre Suitable
For
Coursework?
NEGATIVES
Thriller shouldnt
be funny else
they wont make
the audience feel
scared or
thrilled. Too
expensive to
produce an
animation.
Locations could
be hard to find
for wars, finding
props, cant show
extreme violence
or relationships.

Easier for
Might not be very
teenagers to film funny in the end
and create, cheap (subjective).
costume, easy to
find location
(school).

Relationships,
Easy to create a
aimed at a female storyline.
audience. Boy
meets girl and
day to day life.





Twilight





The Ring

Grease




Harry Potter

Fantasy and
Romance Film.

Fantasy
Romance.

Rated a 12.

Vampires,
Wolves, love and
relationships.

Vampires and
Wolves as
characters.

Special effects
are expensive,
make up is
technical and
costume.

Thriller, Horror
and Mystery.

Mystery Thriller.

Rated a PG 13?

Scary character
or creature and
victims.

Specific
locations, props
could be hard to
find, make up
costs, special
effects.

Contains
frequent mild sex
references and
mild language
Rated a PG.

Boy meets girl,

relationship,
love, gangs or
groups of friends
and songs.

Scary character
or creature and
victims. Thriller,
Horror and
Mystery. Wide
range of
storylines,
interesting for
the audience,
cheap costume
(normal clothes),
small cast. Can
exploit
stereotypes.
Fun to film, easy
to create a
storyline.

Magic, creatures,
evil characters.
Thriller and
Fantasy.

Special effects
are too
expensive.
Locations could

LGBT, Romance Musical Romance

Film, Musical
Comedy.
Comedy, Comedy
and Teen Film
Musical.

Fantasy, Mystery, Fantasy Thriller? Contains mild

Thriller and
scary scenes,
Magical Realism.
violence and
language Rated

Wizards,
Witches, magic
wands, spell,
magic,

Finding actors
that can
sing/dance on
set, large cast
needed.





Kick Ass

a PG.
Crime Fiction
and Action Film.

Crime Fiction
Action?

Contains strong
language, once
very strong, &
strong bloody
comic violence
Rated a 15.

friendship,
creatures.
Hero, victim,
fighting, violence,
good guy and bad
guy.

Interesting
storyline.
Victim. Action
Film, easy to find
locations, fun to
film, fun to
watch, you can
put a lot into a
short clip.

be hard to access.
Hard to create a
successful
storyline,
expensive to
make, hard to
build successful
sets, cant
perform stunts.

Gary Pritchard

Film Title

Genre

Sub-Genre

Classification

Recognisable
Conventions

Genre
Suitable For
Coursework?
POSITIVES

Genre
Suitable For
Coursework?
NEGATIVES

White
Chicks

Comedy

Romance

15

It isnt too
difficult to
make
something
funny

The right
location
would be
difficult to find

Sinister

Horror

Mystery

15

A dumb character,
trips/slips/accidents,
sometimes awkward
moments, someone
with a good sense of
humour, a naturally
funny character.
Blood, a murderer, a
shock/surprise,
tension/on edge,
eerie background
music.

Fast 5

Action

Thriller

12

Cast Away

Adventure

Drama

12

Sweeney
Todd
(2008)

Musical

Crime

18

Snatch

Thriller

Comedy

15

Forrest
Gump

Drama

Comedy

12A

The Fault
In Our
Stars

Romance

Young
adult
fiction

12A

Can easily use

effects and
props to make
a
person/scene
scary
A high intensity
Contrasting
moment, fights,
characters
goodies and
(good and bad
baddies, high tech,
guys) are easy
futuristic, cat and
to create
mouse chase, big
dialogue for
outbreaks.
(easy to create
an argument)
Believable but
Easy to get
unrealistic, a
actors and
difficult
lighting would
task/mission to face. be mainly
bright so that
would be easy
too
Music, singing,
Could be fairly
dancing.
cheap to film

A fight/argument,
makes the audience
feel involved, a lot
of close ups, tense
music.
True story, real life
situations, a happy
ending, audience
can relate.
Love, a relationship,
a problem in the
relationship, usually
a tragic event.

Cheap to film
and location
isnt difficult
to find

Actors make
up wouldnt
be easy to do

Location and
props are
difficult to get

Making it
believable
could be
difficult if its
unrealistic

Good quality
actors that are
willing could
be difficult to
find
A fight would
be difficult to
film

Costumes are Could be

easy to get for difficult
the actors
relating to the
audience
Easy to think
A willing
of an ideal
couple could
situation
be difficult to
find

Gary Pritchard

Film title

Genre

Sub-Genre

Classification

Recognisable
Conventions

Genre suitable for

coursework?
POSITIVES

Genre suitable for

coursework?
NEGATIVES

Kickass 2

Action

Comedy/
Romance

15

Batons, Swords,
Katanas
Guns

Comedy is easy to do.

Romance is easy to set up.
Props are relatively easy to
get a hold of

Insidious 2

Horror

Paranormal

15

Some key props like

children toys are easy to
access

Anchor-man

Comedy

Family

15

Ghosts
Paranormal
Childrens toys
Orchestral strings

Awkward moments
Comedy
Humour

Action is expensive for

scenes and setting and
stunt men/woman are
required for big action
scenes.
Storyline has to be clear
other wise audience lost
and expensive to sort
scenes/setting

Comedy is easy to set up

(expenses) easy to get an
audience

Humour has to be as wide

variety as possible or
audience lost to subjective
humour.

The notebook

Romantic

Family

12

Love
Flowers
Romantic music
/Dialogue

Romance is easy to set up

through a storyline/setting
is cheap and easy to make

Hard to portray the love

aspect within a school
environment.

Rambo

Action

Adventure

18

Hunger games

Adventur
e

Action

12A

Twilight

Fantasy

Action/Adven
ture
Romance

12

Toy story

Family

Animation

12A

War horse

War

Action

12

Gore
Blood
Guns
Explosions
Chases
Bow and Arrow
Tight skin wear
Dangerous scenes

Action adventure is really

entertaining to watch.

Vampires/Werewol
ves
Trees
Ageless
Romance
Cartoons
Toys

Entertaining and interests a Fantasy is hard to make

wide audience
through basic technology
and equipment
(expensive)

Horses
War
Old times

Action adventure is really

entertaining to watch.

All round watching people

may see this film and
attracts a wide audience
/easy to set a target
audience
Fun/entertaining to watch
the film, easy storylines.

Action is expensive for

scenes and setting and
stunt men/woman are
required for big action
scenes.
Scene/setting is very
expensive to set up.

Dont have the software to

make animation.

Setting and
scene/costumes are
expensive in an old times
film as everything must be
made to suit the film

Film Title

The Other Guys

Star Wars
Episode III:
Return of the Sith





Fast & Furious 6





Harry Potter and
the Philosophers
Stone

Genre

Comedy

Sci-fi

Action

Sub-Genre

Action

Thriller

Adventure

Action

Humour, funny
references in
dialogue

12A

Futuristic
costumes used,
robots, props
such as
lightsaber used

Tension and
excitement are
used, showing
aspects of a
thriller

Recognisable
Conventions

Classification

Family

PG-13

Genre Suitable
For
Coursework?
POSITIVES
Film is set in
New York,
suitable setting
for a thriller.

12A

PG

Fast-paced races,
Mystery and
characters
suspense
returning,
throughout,
characters dying,
which creates
suspense
excitement

Genre Suitable
For
Coursework?
NEGATIVES
Not suitable for
coursework as
has to be a
thriller, not a
comedy

Opening two
minutes of Star
Wars consists
mainly of rolling
text, not showing
enough film.

Props used
would be difficult
to use in
coursework

Mystery used e.g. Film is seen as Props would also
magic, storyline exciting, which is be difficult to use
that could appeal
useful in a
in my
to all ages
thriller.
coursework.

Family

Elf

Toy Story

Animation

Kidulthood

PG

Family

PG

Action

Action

15

Fantasy

Horror

Insidious

Fantasy

Drama

The Amazing
Spider Man

12A

Drama

15

Showing Santa
and Elves to
show fantasy
aspect, humour
for all ages

Shows films can

be made based
on seasonal
times.

Fantasy wouldnt
be a suitable sub-
genre to use in
coursework. High
cast total

No violence in
film, everything
family-friendly
and all animated

Animated film
would be difficult
N/A
to do in
coursework, high
cost
Violent scenes, People anticipate Violent scenes
dramatic
what will happen may be hard to
storyline,
next, this is good
film, high cast
stereotypical
as it creates
total, props may
characters
suspense
be expensive
Superpowers,

fast-paced
Good use of

storyline, helpful,
camera shots
Very expensive
close relative
throughout the
film to make
dies early on
film
Child gets
possessed,
haunted house,
storyline makes
audience jump

Music, setting,
props are all
appropriate for
this horror
movie.

Special effects
used could have
high cost,
costumes would
also cost a lot

Film Title
Tangled

Genre
Comedy

Sub-Genre
Fantasy

Conventions

Fast Five:

(Fast & Furious 5)

Action

Thriller

The Break-up

Romantic

Comedy

Pros for Coursework

Exaggerated happiness in
characters
Bright lighting at all times
Light-hearted music
throughout
Simple plot, not detailed
nor complex

The generic motive of

'family' and 'money'
Weapons such as guns
and knives
Massive Destruction,
unrealistic levels
Plenty of cars, planes,
trains and other fast
paced vehicles
Fights coupled with
intense, fast-paced
music
Mass use of colorology
- red/pink to represent
love.
Set in an urban area
(school and apartment
clich)
Sexual innuendoes
throughout script.
Very modern upbeat

Cons for Coursework

Simple plot so no need

for a clever
introduction linking
the story.
Lighting is consistently
bright so no need for
light management for
the most part.

Can get a lot of

content in just the
opening 2 minutes.
Scenes with fighting
are fairly easy to do
and can look very
good.

The stereotyped
school setting is easy
to do as we work from
a school.

Opening 2 minutes
of comedy films
don't have much to
them.
Can be hard to pull
off effective
comedy.
Heavy editing
required, easy to
get it wrong.
Difficult to actually
pull off on a low
budget.
A lot of editing
involved, cuts
between shots
occurring every
second or even less
during action
scene.

Once again, the

introduction
doesn't tend to
have much
happening. Just
general character
overviews.
Scripting may not
be appropriate for

music.

Paranormal Activity Horror

Supernatural

The Hunger Games: Adventure

Catching Fire

Sci-Fi

The convention of a
supernatural being that
can't be real existing.
'Normal people' as the
main characters
Orchestral music used
several times.
The idea of being afraid
of something when
what you should be
afraid of has always
been with you.
Sub-Romance being
thrown in despite not
linking to plot.
Clear binary opposites,
characters that hate
one another for no
apparent reason.
Lots of dramatic non-
diegetic sound use
Dominant positive
projection of main
protagonist, the
concept of 'they can't

Practically no
character
development needed,
purely action based.
Can be very good for
an introduction based
task as the opening
can be very exciting.
Pretty simple
conventions to follow.

Stereotyped
characters are easy to
execute effectively.
Simple scripting as you
are just working
around the
hero/heroine idea. No
need for complicated
script writing.

the coursework.
People likely to
feel
unconformable
acting out
romantic roles.
Difficult to find
willing actors.
Portraying a
supernatural figure
could be difficult
on a low budget.
Requires very well
thought out editing
to build tension
correctly, can be
difficult to execute.

Only having two

minutes to do an
adventure is
practically
impossible as you
can't show a
journey.
Sci-Fi settings are
difficult to set up
and require a lot of
effort and work.

The Town

Crime

Drama

12 Years a Slave

Historical

Drama

ever do wrong'.
Heavy use of weaponry
Backstory of main
character way before
the main crime
Fast paced action to
build suspense
Realistic and
naturalistic settings and
props to give
authenticity.

Plotline is heavily based

around relationships
A complex plot line that
requires contextual
knowledge to
understand
Criticism of dominant
ideologies of the time
Promotion of audience
sympathy towards the
main protagonist.

The opening 2 minutes

could be a crime itself
so potential for lots of
action.
Realistic setting and
props are fairly easy to
set up as they are
supposed to look like
real life. Not as much
work to do as many
other genres.

No need to think
about new costumes
as the historical values
are already a thing.
We could use
examples of historical
figures to encourage
more accurate acting.
Can be very
interesting trying to
replicate with
historical accuracy.

Usually requires a
lot of characters to
make a crime
scene seem
realistic. Could be
difficult getting a
lot of actors
together at the
same time.
The potential
might be there but
actually creating an
interesting crime
scene would be
very difficult.
Would require a
setting which
represents the
time period, may
be very hard to
find.
We may not have
to come up with
our own costumes
but recreating
historic ones could
be more difficult.
Would have to do a
lot of research to
make sure the
historic content
was correct in our

Mamma Mia!

Musical

Romantic

Saving Private Ryan Epic/Historical War

Over the top emotional

acting.
A strong mix between
very happy, confused,
depressed and non-
topical songs.
A single dedicated
music group/band
supplying all of the
film's music.
Dancing which
correlates to the
emotions of the music.
Romance thrown in to
carry what is generally
a pretty weak plot line.
The character clich of
the really happy
women who has a need
to burst into song every
time they appear on
screen.

Acknowledgement of
the heartbreak of war.

It'd offer the

opportunity to do
something very
unique.
Technically a lot of
potential if it was
executed correctly.

Gives the opportunity

to present strong

film.
Even more difficult
than a normal
romance to find
actors. We would
need to find
people who were
comfortable to sing
and act
romantically.
Wouldn't even be
able to fit one full
song in with just a
2 minute
allocation.
Even if we did get a
song in somehow it
wouldn't be a film
introduction, it'd
basically just be a
music video.
Since it's in the first
2 minutes we
wouldn't be able to
introduce
characters and
have a song. This
would mean we'd
have songs without
purpose or no
songs in a musical.
Another genre
where the opening

This heartbreak is
almost always
presented to the viewer
in the most negative
way possible.
The fighting side of war
is actually not
significant, instead war
films tend to
concentrate on the
physical and mental
effects on the people
involved.
Mostly modern warfare
or at least 20th century.
Usually a criticism of a
government or group of
authority and sympathy
for the soldiers
involved.

opinions that can

result in powerful
scripts and character
dialogue.
Not common but you
could potentially start
the film with a war
action scene which
would be exciting and
appropriate for the
coursework.

2 minutes is usually
just used to
introduce
characters or
explain the
situation of the
war. Not much
action or anything
of interest.
War scenes are
difficult to create
as they require
very specific
environments and
require a lot of
people.
Modern war films
have a lot vehicles
and guns which
would be very
difficult for us to
replicate.

Genre Suitable
Genre Suitable
Recognisable

Genre
Sub-Genre
Classification
For Coursework? For Coursework?
Film Title
Conventions
POSITIVES
NEGATIVES


Hunger games

Adventure

Sci-fi

PG

Fight scenes
Competition
Dramatic non-
diegetic sound
Romantic sub-
plot, Humorous
dialogue
Humor
Villain
Heroes always
win
Colorful

It would captivate
the audiences
attention from the
start

These are a lot

harder to film as
they usually
include a lot of
live action and
special effects.

Toy-story





Matrix







White Chicks

Animation

Comedy

It would be
suitable for all
audiences

It doesnt include
the coursework
requirements; it
also takes a lot
more time to
create.

Science fiction

Romance

15

Advanced
technology
Abstract outfits
A lot of silver
metal objects

It would stand out Usually involves a

and be abstract
lot of funding
from a typical film

Comedy

Romance

15

Colorful
Popular actors
Bad jokes/punch
lines

It is pretty simple
to incorporate
comedy elements
to the coursework

We are making a
thriller an may
take the serious
element out of the
film

Mamma-Mia







Taken






Insidious





Olympus has
fallen





Chronicles of
Narnia

Musical

Comedy
Romance

PG

Thriller

Adventure

15

Horror

Romance

15

Action

Adventure

15

Fantasy

Romance

PG

Vibrant colors
Teenagers in love

Being in a school
would be easy to
cast people as
usual roles
involve teenagers

Filming would be
a long process as
it is fast paced a
lot different
camera shots are
used
Low key lighting
It would fit the
There are no
Slow pace music coursework
negatives besides
Tense atmosphere requirements with the budget
damsel in
a tense
distress
atmosphere and
shots used
Abandoned
Would create a
A lot of lighting
settings
tense atmosphere tools would have
Dark and dull
and use lighting
to be used to
lighting
skills to help
create the certain
Car or phone
produce a good
effect
breaks
product
Jump shots
Fight scenes (a lot A clear storyline
The cost of
of them)
would have been production is very
Good guys always displayed in two
high to produce a
win
minutes
high quality action
Good Vs. Bad
film
Set in the past or
imagined time.
Main characters
on a quest
Emotive

It would be
interesting to
create such an
abstract film

There are usually

abstract objects
used i.e. flying
brooms, making it
hard make it seem
to a extent real.

Film Title

Genre

Sub-Genre

Classification

Kickass 2

Action

Comedy

15

The notebook

Romantic

Family

12

Toy Story

Animation

Family

Insidious 2

Horror

Thriller

15

Cars

Animation

Comedy

Recognizable
conventions

Genre suitable for

AS?
Positives
Fighting scenes
Can be fun for the
Baton and Swords viewer to watch and
Flying
for the cast to
create.

Genre not suitable for AS?

Negatives
Comedy can be subjective so
hard to make everybody

Romantic music
Romantic
dialogue
Love
Flowers
Laughter
Family
Childhood toys

All romance films follow the

same type of story line. Might be
difficult to make it different to
others.

Can be easy to
arrange props such
as; Music, Flowers,
Letters.

Do not have to
spend a lot of time
with cast as only
voice overs and not
acting.
Ghosts
Do not have to have
Paranormal
a large cost,
Childrens toys
reducing wage
Self-playing piano costs.
Suitable for all of Do not have to
the family.
spend a lot of time
Laughter
with cast as only
voice overs and not
acting.

Hard to make a film suitable for

all ages. And not making it to
childish nor to grown up.
Would be hard to create effects
that created tension and scared
the viewer.
Comedy can be subjective. Not
everybody laughs at the same
jokes.

The Incredibles

Animation

Action

Some fighting
scenes

Twilight

Fantasy

Romance

12

War horse

War

Action

12

Inception

Thirller

Science
fiction

12

Romantic movie
Flowers
Vampires and
Werewolves
Flawless
Trees
The recognizable
conventions are,
Fighting, Eras
costumes and
props.
Guns, Weapons,
Suits, City.

Do not have to
spend a lot of time
with cast as only
voice overs and not
acting.
Fun for film crew to
make. No specific
costumes.

Might take a longer time to

produce because of the action.

Could find
appropriate
costumes.

Huge cast and hard to find

appropriate location.

Hard to create effects such as;

Flying, Turn humans to
werewolves. And flawless effect.

Can be filmed in any Science fiction would be hard to

location and
incorporate due to the props.
everyday costumes.