Rick Altman genre theory

 horror, action, thriller, romance, comedy, romantic comedy, musical, drama, documentaries, biopic, fantasy, sci-fi, superhero

main components-  music, camera shots, actors, dialogue, lighting

Rick Altman (1999) audience pleasures, Semantic/syntatic approach.

Syntactic- relations between these elements and the structure of narrative in genre.

Semantic- communicating the conventions of the genre such as characters, location and props.

emotional pleasures- make you happy/ sad etc.

visceral pleasures- physical reaction or feeling from the audience.

intellectual pleasures- makes the audience think

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