As with feature length films, short films can be defined by their genre. However, with short films, genres like documentaries and video diaries are much more common when compared to feature lengths.
Genres of Short Films:
• Animation • Comedy • Horror • Documentaries
• Experimental • Romance • Thriller • War
• Gay & Lesbian • Sci-Fi • Fantasy • Video Diary
• Teen Drama • Crime • Sport • Musical • Western
When there is genres, it can be hard to define which genre a film will fit into. With directors now challenging the codes and conventions of genres, sub genres and hybrid genres are becoming more common.
For example if you take the genre Science Fiction, it can be broken down into small, more accurate genres.
Science Fiction:
- 50's - Action - Aliens, Extra-Terrestrial Encounters
- Atomic Age - Classic - Cyber Punk - Classic
- Fantasy Films - Lost Worlds - Other Dimensions
- Outer Space - Post-Apocolyptic - Pre-Historic
- Robots, Cyborgs, Androids - Sci-Fi Thriller
- Time or Space Travel - Virtual Reality
Crime & Gangster:
- Bad Girl Movies - Cops and Robbers - Detective/Mysteries/Private Eyes
- Femme Fatales - Film Noir - Hard-boiled Detective - Law & Order
- Lovers on the Run - Mysteries - Neo-Noir - Outlaw Biker Films
- Procedurals - Suspense Thrillers - Trial Films - Vice Films - Victim
As well as Sub Genres, there are also cases of Hybrid Genres - when two or more genres cross over.
• Comedy Musicals • Horror Comedy • Dramatic Musicals • Space Musicals Western Musicals
Sources:
The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/list/filmgenres
Visual - http://visual.ly/complete-list-film-sub-genres
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