Film Table

Film	Genre	Conventions	Style of Opening	Info In Credits	Narrative Story Line Of Film
Pretty Woman	Drama	Rich People, Big Party, Show mains character after others, Shows setting, Title of film. Shows sex appeal of female.	Panning Style of Beverley Hills and Hollywood	Names of crew and actors	Party with rich people
Batman: The Dark Knight	Action	Showing setting, Guns, Violence, Slow Chilling music, Murder	Fight scene with villains	None	Bank Robbery with masked men
Nightmare On Elm Street	Horror	Innocent woman, showing setting, Monster watching the woman, Glimpses of monster, fear	Innocent women being chased by monster	Names Of Crew	Factory environment with monster following
The Horde	Action/Horror	Gang Violence, Guns, Blood, Murder, Masked men, Only briefly shows main characters until masked.	A gang storming another gangs hideout in apartments with fight scene	Names of actors and crew	Group of criminals storming apartment flats with guns
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny	Comedy	Religious family with one ‘outlaw’ of family who doesn’t obey, rude words and song for humour, laughable character	Humouring song to open film	Lyrics of song	Kid didn’t like his family so he ran away from home
Watchmen	Action	Retired super hero, living poorly on drugs and alcohol, then villain comes in and attacks him	Fight scene with a character and unknown villain	Fight scene where villain murders hero	Villain hunting down retired hero’s
Pulp Fiction	Comedy	Average people at diner, upbeat tune, humoristic swearing and scene	Equilibrium	Title of film and crew after opening scene and key actors	A couple who are everyday robbers
The Shining	Horror	Chilling music, Shows people are far away  from civilisation	Establishing landscape	Information about crew and actors	Family car travelling out in distance.