After identifying the main genres of film through research and analysis of conventions found commonly within those genres, i am switching my focus onto how these genres can cross over.
Many films within the action genre have elements of comedy and a few films within the comedy genre are action orientated. An example of the latter is 'The world's end', which is roughly 50% action and 50% comedy as it features hand to hand combat, explosions and fast paced car scenes but also has bizarre drunken antics and goofy characters. Starring actor Simon Pegg stated himself;
"People think we choose the genre first every time, and it's not true. We find the stories first."
which reveals how a lot of the time, genre crossovers were not intentionally selected and instead occur naturally, thus proving that it is not essential to select a specific genre when making a film and its trailer.
This is evident in other action-comedy cross-overs which can be identified through conventions in film trailers, ones i have researched and analysed in my previous blogs about genres.
For example in the trailer for 'Attack the block', at 0:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0gm7dHKKc fast paced editing and intense fast paced music when the protagonists are gearing up is suddenly cut to emphasize a funny line of dialogue from a side character.
This break in action catches the audience off guard and serves a humorous reminder that this film isnt entirley serious but still offers an even mixture of intense action and funny comedy.
This break in action catches the audience off guard and serves a humorous reminder that this film isnt entirley serious but still offers an even mixture of intense action and funny comedy.
However at 1:49 is the climactic shot that was built up to through fast paced editing and fast paced music, a convention found commonly in the action genre. These are just two examples of conventions which are specific to their genre but can both indicate a genre cross-over within a film trailer.
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