Genre of my opening sequence

In film, there are all sorts of genre's which can be used and this will play the most important role in determining the audience. Simply, a genre is something with a particular form or style which then has particular conventions to go with that said genre. There is a massive variety of genres which are used, each with their own forms and conventions. The common genres that are used are action, adventure, comedy, crime, fantasy, romance, thriller, horror and sci fi. However there are many other genres which are less common such as political and urban films. For the more common genres, there tends to be may sub genres under them. A good example would be with the comedy genre. There are many well known sub genres under this including romance comedies or 'rom coms.' and the popular horror comedy which tend to flip the conventions of a horror film and make them more light hearted. A good example would be the film 'Shaun Of The Dead' featuring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. 

When it came to deciding on the genre of my groups opening sequence, we were torn between making an either a thriller or an action film. A thriller tends to involve a mix of both excitement and fear, thus making it suspenseful. They do not go as far as horror films however as these are designed to frighten the audience rather than just making them feel tense.  Typical thriller films are usually quite serious as making them light hearted or comical will take some of the suspense away. An action film on the other hand is not like this as they tend to involve a protagonist who will be placed in dangerous situations and there overall goal is to accomplish something important in the long run. Action films tend to be tied with other popular genres, especially adventure films as they follow the same sort of conventions. When it came to our opening sequence, two of us were wanting to make it under the thriller genre and one of us wanted to use the action genre. After debate, we decided we would try to incorporate the two although the main focus would be making it a thriller. This genre works well with just an opening sequence as it leaves a lot of opportunities for ideas to expand. Incorporating the action aspect into the piece may be tough as we only have about two minutes but I think we can do it if we get a structured idea of how our opening sequence will look.  

This shows all sorts of genre's used within film, some of which I have mentioned.
It also shows some examples of films that fall under that category.