Genre is a way of characterising films so that the audience know what type of film they are about to watch. For example a horror genre will immediately let you know that the text you are about to watch is likely to be scary. There is also something called sub-genre which involves other categories which define in more detail such as for example a comedy/ thriller or a drama/ romance these are all sub genres which go alongside the films main genre.
Sub-genre in simple terms is a genre within a genre, for example, ‘The Great Escape’ and 'Fair game' are both thrillers but 'Fair Game’ is a crime thriller so it has a genre within a genre.
'Fair Game'
Genre: Thriller
Subgenre: Crime.
The target audience for this film is most likely males aged to 27+ who enjoy a thrillers and detective/crime movies.
Significations in the poster:
- · The central intelligence logo watermarked onto the poster and the man in the background holding a gun – shows the audience that its thriller/crime film.
- · The clothing the man and women are wearing. The stereotypical idea is that detectives wear black trench coats or smart suits to work. This is used to give the audience a stronger sense of crime.
- · The writing in red beneath the title that states 'wife, mother, spy' which not only tells the audience that she is a Spy, but lets the audience know that movie will be centred around her, which is also clear from the he being right in the centre of the poster.
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