In our own backyard, we see three well bodied genres that have featured significantly through local films. In a nutshell we are consciously or subconsciously aware of film genres owing to our exposure to Hollywood films. The manifestation of esoteric genres can be observed in various ways a crossover between genres as in Romantic Comedies/Sci Fi-Horror/ Musical Westerns, or a finer distinction of existent genres as seen in Gangster films or discovering strange new samples in quirky offbeat films. Having stocked up a sizeable movie watching experience in Pakistan, some of us have nurtured a finer appreciation for genres that go beyond the broad and loud 'Comedy', 'Full Action', 'Love Story/Romantic' and 'Horrar' tags. For instance, with the knowledge of watching a Film Noir, the viewer anticipates the basic set of conventions and motifs that operates as a comforting and familiar visual as well as a cerebral experience. Genres enable the viewers to form certain expectations from films that work as an identifying device. Such commonalities may be tonal (Film Noir, Horror), conceptual (Sci Fi, Fantasy) or textual (Biopic, Period Drama, War) in nature. Genre films are best exemplified by Westerns, Sci Fi, Musicals, Action/Adventures and any number of such labels that are designed to lump films together that share certain similarities.
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