She's the man (2006)
- Comedy
- Romance
Narrative
The narrative features a high school tomboy whose brother goes to London without telling their parents. As a result of this, she is forced to disguise herself as him, and proceeds to fall for one of her soccer teammates. This is a typical storyline for the romantic comedy genre.
Character
The film includes characters typical of a comedy genre: a teenage girl (who, in this case, is a tomboy), the good-looking boy, the mean girls, and their friends.
Iconography
We see many things happen in the trailer that tell us this is a romantic comedy. Examples include: the disguise, the fighting, kissing, tarantulas, etc.
Setting
The film is set mostly at the high school which is extremely typical of a romantic comedy.
- Comedy
- Romance
Narrative
Iconography
Setting
The film is set mostly at the high school which is extremely typical of a romantic comedy.
Final Destination 5 (2011)
Genre
- Horror
- Thriller
Narrative
The storyline is clearly shown to be a group of survivors of a suspension-bridge collapse trying to stay alive but learn there's no way you can cheat death. This is a frightening concept that fits the horror and thriller genre very well.
Character
The characters are typical of a horror genre: a group of young people.
Iconography
There is plenty of iconography typical of the horror and thriller genre: cringe moments (e.g the close up of the eye), earthquake, dangerous situations, knives, drowning, fire, etc.
Setting
The trailer first starts off at the bridge, where the death situation started and then the setting continues in the city throughout the rest of the movie.
Genre
- Horror
- Thriller
Narrative
The storyline is clearly shown to be a group of survivors of a suspension-bridge collapse trying to stay alive but learn there's no way you can cheat death. This is a frightening concept that fits the horror and thriller genre very well.
Character
The characters are typical of a horror genre: a group of young people.
Iconography
There is plenty of iconography typical of the horror and thriller genre: cringe moments (e.g the close up of the eye), earthquake, dangerous situations, knives, drowning, fire, etc.
Setting
The trailer first starts off at the bridge, where the death situation started and then the setting continues in the city throughout the rest of the movie.
The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
Genre
- Fantasy
- Action
Narrative
The storyline features the main character (Vin Diesel) as a witch hunter, who is all that stands between humanity and the combined forces of the most horrifying witches in history.
Character
The characters include Klauder (the witch hunter) and Chloe, a modern witch who helps him throughout the movie. There is also the enemy: the ancient witch whom is trying to destroy the world. The fact that there is good and evil characters fighting each other makes this movie typical in the action genre.
Iconography
There is plenty of iconography that gives evidence for the fantasy and action genres; swords, bows and arrows, changing of eye colour, fighting, 'dream world', hallucinations, witches, supernatural monsters, etc.
Setting
The movie starts of in the olden times, showing us the history of the witches. The story then moves on to modern day in the city, which is then disrupted by flashbacks of the past and the 'dream world' which proves this movie to be a fantasy.
- Fantasy
- Action
Character
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