Target audiences have become younger over time, this means filmmakers have had to adapt to this audience. For example, horror films are now aimed at a teenage audience.
Western films were popular in the 1940s/50s but have now been replaced with thriller films due to better filmmaking, e.g. more special effects, graphical work, etc.
Genres have also become more popular based on specific time periods.
"Genre frames audience expectations, whereby viewers bring a set of assumptions with them and anticipate that these will somehow be met in the viewing experience. This brings audience pleasure." - Steve Neale (2003)
Hybrid Genres
This is a mixture of two or more genres. Hybrid genres are beneficial for filmmakers as if they are classified are more than one genre, it will appeal to more people.
"Most films are hybrid genres, since they possess the common attributes of more than one genre." - Warren Buckland.
Some examples of hybrid genres for thriller films include:
- Action-thriller
- Western-thriller
- Suspense-thriller
Sub-Genres
These are ways of splitting a genre of a film up more specifically, it can be remembered by thinking that the genre is the 'title' of the film and the sub-genre is the 'sub-heading' of the film.
Some examples of sub-genres for thriller films include:
- Espionage/Crime
- Martial Arts
- Detective/Mystery
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