TV Genres

TV Genres - Rhys Wallett

What TV Genres exist? 

A)

• Sit-Com (Outnumbered)
• Fantasy (Game of Thrones)
• Romance (The Vampire Diaries)
• Gore (Santa Clarita Diet)
• Horror (American Horror Story)
• Tragedy (13 Reasons Why)
• Dystopian (Black Mirror)
• Crime (Sherlock)
• Drama (Gossip Girl)
• Competition (The Great British Bake Off)
• Reality (RuPaul's Drag Race)
• Historical (Reign)
• Documentary (Planet Earth)
• Action (Iron Fist)
• Comedy (Don't trust the b- in apartment 23)

B)

My favourite genres of TV would be a mix of Fantasy and comedy. My reason for this is the TV genre of Fantasy can be an effective mode of escapism, and can use supernatural themes to build up suspense and action. For example, Game of Thrones is one of my favourite TV series because of the mix of all nicher genres it contains: From comedy to gore, horror to romance, the TV series entwines serious dramatic tension alongside mythological tales and fables to grip the viewer into enjoying the series. Additionally, comedy is a widely appreciated TV Genre as it provides their audience with a source of humour and can also provide an easy-watching alternative to a stressed out viewer, rather than a heavy TV series like 13 Reasons Why. Such as The Big Bang Theory, with its light-hearted comedy entwined with education of physics, the show provides humour based off the stereotypical absurdity of the nerdy friends and the juxtaposition of fashionista Penny. 

However, my least favourite genre of TV is reality, as I consider it as a conglomerate technique for attention, and the negatives it promote are too much to be likeable in my view. For example, Love Island does not appeal to me based on its shallow context: Attractive people must form relationships to stay on Love Island, and in my opinion, I just consider this to be tacky. The show's exploitation of love as a concept, and turning it into a means for profit disgusts me, alongside how the majority of Love Island's contestants are attractive, enforcing the negative ideology that only the desirable deserve the chance to stay on Love Island. 

C) 

A Pre-Credit Scene is the scene in a film or series in which is shown before either the opening or ending credits. For example, in Game Of Thrones the opening scene in which we see The Hound join a peaceful village community before the opening credits is a pre-credit scene and its effect is it shocks the audience as it establishes he is still alive, despite his violent near-death experience we saw earlier with his battle with Brienne of Tarth.