genre is how a film is categorized according to elements of the film. some examples of film genres are comedy the intended effect is to make the audience laugh and there is no specific narrative structure because there are so many sub-genres the iconography of a comedy is outlandish characters props such as banana pales and water pistols are typically used in the slapstick sub-genre where as a spy movie such as the kings men movies they would be wearing tuxes and have things like spy gadgets like the knife shoe or their magic umbrella in horror you would expect blood and spooky scenes and jump scares the characters would wear scary costumes or wigs they would take place on halloween or in a haunted/ abandoned house