The Issues Faced In Genre Choice

Genres of a film are extremely important for both the director's reputation and the success of the film. I personally feel more pressure is placed on a director that has previously made a successful film. For example, if they have had a huge hit in a film of a comedy theme, audiences perhaps will expect another hilarious product from the director, possibly not a change in genre such as attempting to create a gory horror film. So the issues the director now faces - Do they change the genre of their next film and risk loosing audiences or do they continue along similar lines from their previous but risk creating a "samey" film? This mainstream audience behaviour almost forces producers into what they must create if they are to generate success and money. Directors and producers who break away from this and perhaps consider film making as more of a hobby and do not have the pressure of generating a lot of money, create the "Cult Films". These Cult creators aren't scared of failing the mainstream audience's taste and therefore the "Cult audience" is born. These new ideas feed into new genres and create different ideas in the filming world. These films perhaps will not be shown in large viewing franchises such as "Odeon" and "Cineworld" but at smaller independent cinemas such as "The Electric Palace" in Hastings Old Town. Casting is also different across the different types of films. While mainstream films are likely to include large actor/actress names as they have more confidence in it becoming a large success, Cult films are more of a risk. However, it is becoming more common for large reputation actors to star in Cult films. The mix of these genres and success creates sub-genres (As I have mentioned earlier) and "hybrid ideas", these new inventions include "Zom-Coms" - the mix of a zombie/horror related film with comedy aspects.