Research into history of genre and subgenre

Research into history of genre and subgenre

History of genre drama:

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, sexuality, poverty, class divisions, violence against women and corruption put the characters in conflict with themselves, others, society and even natural phenomena. Drama is one of the broadest movie genres and includes subgenres such as romantic drama, sport films, period drama, courtroom drama and crime.

Histroy of sub genre - Supernatural:



Supernatural film is a genre that centers around supernatural elements, such as ghosts, gods, goddesses, and miracles. Supernatural films deal with the unknown questions of life; therefore, they tend to incorporate religious elements into the plot. Since they emphasize the unknown, Supernatural films are considered quite suspenseful. These films often cross over into other genres, creating hybrids like Supernatural-Comedy and Supernatural-Drama.
 Examples of Supernatural Film:

What Lies Beneath - While others believe her to becoming delusional, a woman is convinced that ghosts haunt her house.

Poltergeist - A ghost haunts a suburban home and kidnaps one of the children through the television set.

Ghost - After a man is murdered, he tries to communicate with his wife through a psychic.