genre films
genre films is the plural of genre film.
Meaning of genre film
Noun
genre film (countable and uncountable, plural genre films)
- A film that was produced with the intent of strictly adhering to a specific genre by following tropes and standards set by previous films in that genre, such as science fiction, romance, comedy, horror, or film noir, with the existing audience knowing prior to watching the film that they are viewing a piece of art rather than something created to be sold.
- But the general characteristics of the genre set limits on the individual genre film, which renders it simpler for the audience to follow.1991, Marcia Landy, Imitations of Life: A Reader on Film & Television Melodrama, →ISBN, page 473
- All such films, collectively.
- While genre film tends to treat things as they are and avoids the trap of advocating them, exploitation film sensationalizes them.1998, Monique Guillory, Richard Green, Soul: Black Power, Politics, and Pleasure, →ISBN, page 241
Questions about genre films
- What is genre films the plural of?
- Genre films is the plural of genre film.
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