Movie Genres

Movie Genres

Learning Objective: Learning about Genres and how to identify them.

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What do you know about Genres?

Genre: A category a movie falls into

• Action: Like an adventure but with more fight scenes or graphic depictions of fights

• Adventure: Characters go on a journey to accomplish a task

• Comedy: A story of funny events

• Romantic Comedy: Funny story involving love/a love life.

• Drama: A series story focusing on in-depth character development

• Animated-A film that is drawn instead of live

More Genres

• Fantasy: A story about magic or supernatural forces

• SciFi: A fantasy story focusing on technology or science themes (aliens, time travel, etc)

• Historical: About an event in history

• Satire-Makes fun of situations or irony

• Thriller-Mix of fear, excitement, and fear. Normally has a high sense of suspense

• Horror-A story meant to scare someone

Multiple Choice

Can a movie be more than one genre?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Which Genre is this movie?

• Adventure/Fantasy

• Adventure/Sci-fi

Multiple Choice

Which Genre is this movie?

• Horror

• Sci-fi

Multiple Choice

Which Genre is this movie?

• Horror/Sci-fi

• Horror/Adventure

Multiple Choice

Which Genre is this movie?

• Animated Horror/Sci-fi

• Animated/Adventure

Multiple Choice

Which Genre is this movie?

• Historical drama

• Fiction

Open Ended

What's your favorite movie and what genre does it belong to?