A hybrid is a combination of two or more genres. Hybrids can have larger audiences due to appealing to more people through their multiple genres. This would be more lucrative for the film companies. Some people consider them more exciting and creative.
As horror movies are perennially popular, film makers might start with a set horror paradigms to guarantee audiences interest there are many different horror hybrids such as:
- Horror Romance (twilight)
- Horror War (R-point dead snow)
- Horror historical drama (pride and prejudice and zombies)
- Horror rom-com (Shaun of the dead)
''Genres are not static, but evolve. Therefore, their common attributes change over time. Most films are hybrid genre, since they possess the common attributes of more than one genre'' - Warren Buckland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-genre - Hybrid Genre information
Hybrid Theory’s can also be referred to as cross media due to two different genres combining together, for example a romantic genre and a comedy genre combining together this means that there will be romantic scenes available in the film as well as comedy scenes which would attract more people to watch a film due to having two genres in one film. This could also mean more value for money due to two genres in one film as mainly you may only be getting one genre i.e. a horror genre etc.
Examples of hybrid genres:
- Rom-Com (romantic comedy) Genres involved - Romantic, Comedy
- Action Adventure, Genres involved - Action, Adventure
- Horror Com, Genres involved - Horror, Comedy
James, this is excellent, you've really understood the concept of creating a blog by combining a range of elements.
ReplyDeleteTo improve:
1. Don't refer to 'Lesson' in your blog titles - make out it's yours
2. Put your links in a colour so they stand out.
3. You need to add a post 'How genres change over time' and use the Western case study sheet I handed out.