Selbo, Jule

Film Genre for the Screenwriter - New York: Routldege, 2015. - xv, 324 p.: illustrations; 23 cm

Introduction -- Film genre vs. genre film -- Creating the mental space -- Overview of film genres -- The uber genres: comedy and drama -- Romance, romantic comedy and buddy -- Speculative genres -- Horror -- Science fiction -- Fantasy -- Western -- Thriller -- Action and adventure -- Disaster and war -- Coming of age and fish out of water -- Balancing of film genres -- Conclusion.

9781138020818 (hbk) 9781138020832 (pbk)


Motion picture authorship.
Film genres.

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