Some screenwriters use genre as a means of determining what kind of plot or content to put into a screenplay. They may study films of specific genres to find examples. This is a way that some screenwriters are able to copy elements of successful movies and pass them off in a new screenplay. It is likely that such screenplays fall short in originality. As Truby says, "Writers know enough to write a genre script but they haven’t twisted the story beats of that genre in such a way that it gives an original face to it".---------------------------------------------
Screenwriters often attempt to defy the elements found in past works, as originality and surprise are seen as elements that make for good film stories. For example, European-filmed spaghetti westerns changed the western film genre by eschewing many of the conventions of earlier Westerns. ---------------------------------------------
Genre also can be distinguished from film style, which concerns the choices made about cinematography, editing, sound, plot structure, scenic design, lighting, cinematography, acting, and other intentional artistic components of the finished film product. ----------------------------------------------
Four ways to define the genre:
چهار روش برای بررسی ژانر فیلم
Idealist method: روش آرمانگرایانه
Judges films by predetermined standards.
قضات فیلم با معیارهای از پیش تعیین شده
Empirical method: روش تجربه گرایی
Identifies the genre of a film by comparing it to a list of films already deemed to fall within a certain genre.
شناسایی ژانرفیلم ازطریق مقایسه با فیلم هایی که تا به حال تعلقشان به ژانر خاص به اثبات رسیده است.
Prior method: استفاده از روش های پیشین
Uses common generic elements which are identified in advance.
استفاده از عناصر عمومی رایج که در پیش شناخته شده است.
Social conventions: عرف جامعه
Method of identifying the genre of a film is based on the accepted cultural consensus within society
روش تشخیص ژانر فیلم بر بر اساس اجماع فرهنگی پذیرفته شده در جامعه