Genre films offer familiar story formulas, conventions, themes, and conflicts. Strict adherence to genre convention often yields derivative and formulaic results. Which of the following are and which of the following are not reasons why filmmakers continue to make genre films?
Reasons:
Movie viewers like predictability.
They make sense to us culturally.
They may want to challenge the limitations of the genre.
Not Reasons:
Studios require all filmmakers to make genre films.
It is difficult to make a film without the guidelines of a genre.