Film Genre for the Screenwriter
- New York: Routldege, 2015.
- xv, 324 p.: illustrations; 23 cm
Introduction -- Film genre vs. genre film -- Creating the mental space -- Overview of film genres -- The uber genres: comedy and drama -- Romance, romantic comedy and buddy -- Speculative genres -- Horror -- Science fiction -- Fantasy -- Western -- Thriller -- Action and adventure -- Disaster and war -- Coming of age and fish out of water -- Balancing of film genres -- Conclusion.