Movies

Comedy:
The term comedy can be applied to a diverse category of films that have one thing in common: they
all have an intention to make the audience laugh fig (1). Beyond that, there's no formula for what
defines a comedy movie. Some are just light-hearted and silly while others are dry humor put to
good use at making audiences laugh until their stomachs hurt. Some comedies are terrifyingly
absurd while still other movies use the hilarity born out of pain to their advantage.
Since the dawn of cinema, a number of movies

have earned their place in the comedy genre by
doing something other than making their
viewers laugh. In these movies, there's usually a
central character that lives in a world that is not
only very different from our own but also
wholly unpredictable. The comedy comes from
the unexpected events occurring in this other
world. The unpredictability of these events can
also make for some dark humor and comedy
horror films.but this is not what we're looking
at here. This is more about movies that use
humor as their driving force.
Fig (1): Home alone (Hughes, 1948)
Drama:
Dramatic films are serious depictions or stories that depict realistic characters in conflict with
themselves, others, or the forces of nature in real-life settings or situations. A dramatic film depicts
individuals at their finest, worst, and all points in between. Distinct types of subjects have different
dramatic storylines. Dramatic films are perhaps the most popular film genre since they cover such a
wide range of topics. Other genres that have emerged from the drama
genre include crime films, courtroom dramas, melodramas, epics (historical
dramas), biopics (biography), and romance novels. Current issues, social
ills, problems, concerns, or injustices, such as racial prejudice, religious
intolerance (such as anti-Semitism), drug addiction, poverty, political
unrest, power corruption, alcoholism, class division, sexual, mental illness
fig (2), corrupt social institutions, violence against women, or other hot
topics of the time, are frequently featured in dramatic themes. By
leveraging on the current interest in the subject, these films have been able
to bring attention to the difficulties. Although dramatic films have
frequently dealt honestly and realistically with societal issues, there has
been a trend in Hollywood, particularly in the early days of censorship, to
exonerate society and institutions and blame problems on an individual,
who in most cases is responsible for their own transgressions.
Fig (2):The Snake Pit (Litvak, 1948)
Horror:
A horror movie is a genre of movies that typically contains suspenseful, frightening, or bizarre
content intended to induce feelings of fear fig (3). Horror films often play up nightmares and
supernatural elements. The 118th-centuryGothic novel and 119th-centuryghost story are important
influences. The key distinction is that horror movies work by arousing emotions such as fear, shock,
and disgust in audiences.
Fig (3): The Shining (Kubrick, 1980)

Frightening images or sounds like those found in other aspects of horror cinema are often combined
with darkly comical touches. Blood-curling music may be an important part of some films to increase
the tension even more, while the comedy helps offset these jarring effects from time to time with
relief from tension or dread. More serious movies were influenced by the film of famous horror
writer Edgar Allan Poe, and American director Alfred Hitchcock. British filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock is
a master of suspense, which can be seen in his greatest work Psycho.
The best horror movies involve characters in real physical danger, with scares that are more
psychological. The classic example is the alien invasion movie in which an alien force is threatening
to attack a population on Earth. Film scholars have noted that it is characteristic of the best horror
films that they generate fear through constant threat (the presence of scary and unknown entities).
These suspense films generally focus on human imagination more than reality to create fear through
setting and pacing instead of graphicness or excessive punishment.
Fantasy:
Fantasy movies are about magic and mythical beings like elves, wizards, and gnomes. They're geared
towards the younger audience but adults enjoy them too. If anyone is interested in movies that take
place in a fictional world, then this is the genre for him. This genre incorporates magic and
supernatural beings. These movies are most popular among teens and kids fig (4).
Fig (4): Beauty and the Beast (Condon, 2017)

The cause that fantasy is so famous for each grown-up and youngsters alike is they provide escapism
from paintings or faculty right into a special realm. If you’re studying approximately elves or magic
then the issues of business, homework or house responsibilities are forgotten and absolutely each
person can allow their creativeness run wild. This might be the cause that fable is the sort
of wide class and unites nearly absolutely each person, from the aged to the ones simply beginning
to read or to take a hobby in films.
Sci-fi:
In the study of film, a genre characterized by stories involving conflicts between science and
technology, human nature, and social organization in futuristic or fantastical worlds is called "science
fiction" fig (5). The term "science fiction" was originally coined by Hugo Gernsback to describe comic
magazines in which well-established scientific principles were placed into fantastic tales. There is
some debate to what extent the label covers a wider range of media. While many definitions
consider science-themed movies that are not part of this genre to be outside its scope, these movies
are usually nonetheless categorized as either science fiction or fantasy.
Fig(5) :https://medium.com/singulardtv/the-best-science-fiction-films-of-2017-17f911db98fa
1950s science fiction films began to use the genre to depict worlds in which atomic power was
commonplace and cities were threatened by enormous creatures. These movies often captured the
public's imagination, and some have predicted that such themes are likely to be of importance for
the sciences in future. An example of a "science fiction film" is "The Atomic Cafe", a documentary-
film from 1982, directed by Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader, and Pierce Rafferty. The Atomic Café
explores what people were told about the dangers of nuclear war, and then contrasts this with how
close they really came.

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Since the dawn of cinema, a number of movies

Fig (3): The Shining (Kubrick, 1980)

Fig (4): Beauty and the Beast (Condon, 2017)

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