Sub-genres
The "Singing Cowboy"
What is Western?
The Star Wars Film Franchise
What is Science Fiction?
The use of dim lighting on a set, usually with heavy, dark shadowing.
What is Low-key Lighting?
Gore
What is Horror?
Where all of the tension within the main conflict is released.
What is the Climax?
Historical Fiction
What is Biography?
The Lord of the Rings Film Franchise
What is Fantasy?
Any shot where the camera follows alongside the subject it is recording.
What is a Tracking/Dolly Shot?
Technology
What is Science Fiction?
Where all of the information is given.
What is the Exposition?
Propaganda
What is War?
The Pirates of the Caribbean Film Franchise
What is Adventure?
The camera shot shows the entire subject or human figure in comparison to its surroundings.
What is an Establishing Shot?
Historical Setting
What is Adventure?
Where the majority of the story happens.
What is the Rising Action?
Teen, or "Coming-of-Age"
What is Comedy?
The Godfather Film Franchise
What is Crime?
The camera is dollied either forward or backward while the zoom lens is pulled in the opposite direction.
What is a Dolly Zoom?
Wonderment
What is Fantasy?
The "Happily Ever After" moment.
what is the Resolution?
Neo-Noir
What is Crime?
"Psycho"
What is Horror?
The process of selecting, editing, and piecing together separate sections of film to form a whole scene (normally used to show a character's progress in a short period of time).
What is a Montage?
Exotic Setting and Locales
What is Spy?
The main issue/obstacle that drives the story along.
What is the Conflict?