Sub-Genres

Sub-Genres

Sub-Genres are identifiable sub-classes, almost like a sub-heading, within the larger film genre, with their own distinctive subject matter, style, formulas and iconography. Simply, a genre within a genre.

Think about the film 'Skyfall'.. We call this Action Adventure. Some Action Sub-Genres include:

• Spy
• Espionage
• Political Thrillers
• Martial Arts Films
• Races Against Time

Another example of a Sub-Genre is within Dance Music; within Dance music we have sub-genres like Garage, Drum+Bass, Jungle, Rave and many more.

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Getting back to the film side of things, some more Sub-Genres you may recognise are..

• Disaster (Sub-Genre of Action Films) -
• Detective and Mystery (Sub-Genre of Crime/Gangster Films)
• Film Noir (Sub-Genre of Crime/Gangster Films)
• Melodramas (Sub-Genre of Drama Films)
• Superheroes (Sub-Genre of Fantasy-Action Films)
• Thriller/Suspense (Sub-Genre of  Horror, Action, Western & many more Films)

..and there are many more you are likely to know if you got told them.




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Although cinema movies are classed as specific genres (e.g. Horror, Action Adventure, Comedy), technically these films are more than likely going to Sub-Genres of that base genre.