Uk film council: Popularity of the horror genre I used for my opening sequence
Films released in the UK and Republic of Ireland by genre, 2009, ranked by gross box office there was 35 numbers of releases. 7.0% of all releases, 66.7 Gross box office releases (millions) , and 5.9% of total box office. The top performing title for my genre was Final Destination.
Films released in the UK and Republic of Ireland by genre, 2009, ranked by average widest point of release was for horror genre 158, there was 35 number of horror releases in 2009, and 66.7 Gross box office (million)
Films released in the UK and Republic of Ireland by genre, 2009, ranked by average box office gross per site for the horror genre was 12,052 per site (£) again 66.7 Gross box office releases (£ million) and 5535 total sites.
Compared to the horror genre, thriller and rom-coms haven’t made more releases than horror and the performance wasn’t as good as the horror genre. Shown on http://sy10.ukfilmcouncil.ry.com/4.1.1.1.asp. However thriller and rom-coms have more Films released in the UK and Republic of Ireland by genre, 2009, ranked by average box office gross per site. For thriller there was 16,173 average box office per site releases (£) and for rom-coms there was 22,647 releases, much higher than thriller and horror. However horror had more total sites.
Narrative conventions of;
Horror; horror films are designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a terrifying, shocking finale, while captivating and entertaining us at the same time in a cathartic experience. Horror films feature a wide range of styles, from the earliest silent Nosferatu classic, to today's CGI monsters and deranged humans. They are often combined with science fiction when the menace or monster is related to a corruption of technology, or when Earth is threatened by aliens. The fantasy and supernatural film genres are not usually synonymous with the horror genre. There are many sub-genres of horror: slasher, teen terror, serial killers, satanic, Dracula, Frankenstein, etc. See this site's Scariest Film Moments and Scenes collection - illustrated.
Romantic; A sub-genre for the most part, this category shares some features with romantic dramas, romantic comedies, and sexual films. These are love stories, or affairs of the heart that center on passion, emotion, and the romantic, affectionate involvement of the main characters (usually a leading man and lady), and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story the main plot focus. See Greatest and Most Memorable Film Kissing Scenes.
Thriller; Thrillers are often hybrids with other genres - there are action-thrillers, crime-caper thrillers, western-thrillers, film-noir thrillers, even romantic comedy-thrillers. Another closely-related genre is the horror film genre. Thriller and suspense films are virtually synonymous and interchangeable categorizations. They are types of films known to promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. The acclaimed Master of Suspense is Alfred Hitchcock. Spy films may be considered a type of thriller/suspense film.
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