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'Panic Room' - (2002)

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'The Roommate' - (2011)

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I also enjoy watching psychological thrillers. The psychological thriller genre is really a sub-genre that crosses between the horror and thriller genre whilst also incorporating elements from typical mystery and drama films. They normally follow themes that involve the mind and being deceived by others as well as identity and reality. I like psychological thrillers because they really get you thinking about the character's motives and surround you in a tense and mysterious atmosphere. Two of my favourite psychological thrillers are 'The Roommate' (2011) and 'Panic Room' (2002).

'The Roommate' focuses on the obsession a girl has of copying her roommates identity and being more like her. This makes the character obsessed with the girl and willing to do anything to stay with her. She even feels jealous when the girl gives attention to her kitten and kills it to stop the attention being taken away from her. This follows the genre trope of identity and the mind as the character is obviously suffering from a mental illness which has forced her to create this obsession. 'Panic Room' focuses on a mother and daughter being locked away in their own panic room to protect themselves from burglars. This film makes the audience understand the reality of the situation and gets them thinking about what they would do in that situation. The characters are also deceived sometimes by the villains of the film to try to make them leave the panic room.

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'Little Man' - (2006)

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'The Other Woman' - (2014)

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I also love comedy films. Comedy films tend to follow the conventions of being set in bright places where social events take place. This helps create a cheerful atmosphere and sets the audience in the right place for the film to be taken lightheartedly. Comedy films mainly use three different types of comedy; either slapstick, dark humour or wit/wordplay. My favourite comedy films are 'the Other Woman' (2014) and 'Little Man' (2006).

'The Other Woman' features many scenes that are set in social places such as clubs, restaurants and business events. The three main characters all use wit and wordplay to present humour in the film while also being placed in funny situations to support the comedy genre. 'Little Man' also has scenes set in public places such as parks and restaurants where social events take place. A few of the main characters use slapstick comedy in the film and therefore uses violence to receive a positive response of the audience finding humour in it. But all of the characters use wit and wordplay to give the film comedic dialogue.

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'The Others' - (2001)

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'One Missed Call' - (2008)

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A genre is a style or category that appears within a media; in this case it's film. They help quickly establish the differences between media forms as well as the codes and conventions that film makers should follow to make the film look a certain way that fits the stereotype of the genre. genres are set to help audiences develop their personal preferences for what types of film that they like. Within a genre, there can be sub-genres which are specific subdivisions in the genre, e.g, within the horror genre there is a sub-genre of paranormal.

There are also hybrid genres which are made from elements or themes blended together from two or more different genres to create a hybrid. All genres follow their codes and conventions as they are the rules and common generic elements that are associated with that specific genre. Within a genre there are also repeated themes and styles that can coincide with the conventions for the genre and heavily tie to the genre. These are referred to as genre tropes.

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My favourite film genre is horror. Horror films follow the conventions of creating a tense and fearful atmosphere. Horror films like to follow the convention of presenting isolation in some way while also following genre tropes of paranormal, nightmares and insanity as well as dystopian worlds like zombie apocalypses. Some of my favourite horror films are 'The Others' (2001) and 'One Missed Call' (2008).

'The Others' is based mainly on aspects of the paranormal and follows the theme of isolation heavily throughout. The main character keeps her children in their home isolated away from the outside world as they are believed to be highly sensitive to sunlight, but really they are all ghosts. There is some aspects of insanity in the film as the mother goes into denial as she refuses to believe the truth behind her family. 'One Missed Call' follows the convention of creating a tense atmosphere throughout the film as the narrative holds a great sense of mystery and leaves the audience feeling quite fearful of the events to come. Tension is created as characters receive phone calls of their own deaths and hear themselves die and so every time a phone rings creating diegetic sound, the audience feel scared for the characters as they know what the phone call might be.