Category: Topics in the syllabus
Characteristics and examples of film genres
Action
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Characteristics:
- The hero battles with villains - El héroe lucha con villanos.
- It includes a lot of action like fights, car chases, stunts, rescues and escapes - Incluye mucha acción como peleas, persecuciones de autos, acrobacias, rescates y escapes.
- It usually features superheroes - Por lo general, presenta superhéroes.
Examples:
Marvel movies, The fast and the furious, Superman, Transformers and James Bond.
Marvel movies, The fast and the furious, Superman, Transformers and James Bond.
Adventure
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Characteristics:
- It features exciting stories in exotic, far away, or unfamiliar places - Presenta historias emocionantes en lugares exóticos, lejanos o desconocidos.
- The protagonist is in dangerous or risky situations - El protagonista se encuentra en situaciones peligrosas o de riesgo.
- The protagonist save others from danger - El protagonista salva a otros del peligro.
- The antagonists tend to be extremely evil - Los antagonistas tienden a ser extremadamente malvados.
- It's usually built around a quest - Por lo general, se basa en una misión.
- There are treasure hunts, expeditions, hidden maps and traps - Hay búsquedas del tesoro, expediciones, mapas ocultos y trampas.
Examples:
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lord of the rings, Pirates of Caribbean, and Tomb raider.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lord of the rings, Pirates of Caribbean, and Tomb raider.
Comedy
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Characteristics:
- It's funny and entertaining - Es divertida y entretenida.
- It makes the audience laugh - Hace reír a la audiencia.
- The protagonists are usually in challenging, amusing, or humorous situations they're not prepared to handle - The protagonists are usually in challenging, amusing, or humorous situations they're not prepared to handle.
Examples:
You don't mess with the Zohan, Zoolander, Wedding crashers, Meet parents and There's something about Mary.
You don't mess with the Zohan, Zoolander, Wedding crashers, Meet parents and There's something about Mary.
Drama
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Characteristics:
- It features realistic characters, settings, stories, and real-life situations - Presenta personajes reales, escenarios, historias y situaciones de la vida real.
- The characters deal with struggles of everyday life - Los personajes lidian con conflitos de la vida cotidiana.
Examples:
12 years a slave, Bridge of spies and Casablanca.
12 years a slave, Bridge of spies and Casablanca.
Horror
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Characteristics:
- It's designed to frigthen and to invoke hidden fears - Está diseñado para asustar e invocar miedos ocultos.
- Scary visuals and sound effects add elements of horror - Los efectos visuales y de sonido de miedo añaden elementos de terror.
- There are supernatural beings such as haunted houses, ghosts, vampires, zombies, etc. - Hay seres sobrenaturales como casas encantadas, fantasmas, vampiros, zombies, etc.
Examples:
The exorcist, The ring, Bram Stoker's Dracula and The conjuring.
The exorcist, The ring, Bram Stoker's Dracula and The conjuring.
Romance
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Characteristics:
- Two characters fall in love, but face conflicts - Dos personajes se enamoran, pero enfrentan conflictos.
- There's a happy period of time - Hay un período de tiempo feliz.
Examples:
Titanic, Pretty woman and The notebook.
Titanic, Pretty woman and The notebook.
Science fiction
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Characteristics:
- It's set in the future and there are some imaginary scientific developments - Está ambientado en el futuro y hay algunos desarrollos científicos imaginarios.
- It features extraterrestrial lifeforms - Presenta formas de vida extraterrestres.
- There are time travels, teleportations, mind control, space travels, and fictional worlds - Hay viajes en el tiempo, tele-transportaciones, control mental, viajes espaciales y mundos ficticios.
Examples:
Star wars, Star trek, Terminator, Maze runner, Ex Machina and The fifth element.
Star wars, Star trek, Terminator, Maze runner, Ex Machina and The fifth element.
War
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Characteristics:
- It features warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes - Presenta guerras, generalmente sobre batallas navales, aéreas o terrestres, con escenas de combate.
- It includes battles that involve tanks, fighter planes, warships, firearms, and hand-to-hand combat - Incluye batallas que involucran tanques, aviones de combate, buques de guerra, armas de fuego y combate cuerpo a cuerpo.
- It explores the psychological aspects of war, including the mental strain that combat exerts on soldiers - Explora los aspectos psicológicos de la guerra, incluida la tensión mental que el combate ejerce sobre los soldados.
Examples:
Saving private Ryan, The thin red line, Platoon, Schindler's list and 1917.
Saving private Ryan, The thin red line, Platoon, Schindler's list and 1917.
Western
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Characteristics:
- The main character is usually a cowboy or outlander armed with a revolver and a rifle who rides a horse - El personaje principal suele ser un vaquero o un forastero armado con un revólver y un rifle que monta a caballo.
Examples:
Tombstone, 3:10 to Yuma, Brokeback mountain, Django unchained, Unforgiven and Back to the future part III.
Tombstone, 3:10 to Yuma, Brokeback mountain, Django unchained, Unforgiven and Back to the future part III.
