Matching Pairs Characteristics of Movie GenresOnline version Top 5 Movie Genres' Characteristics by Dario Gonzalez 1 Plot 2 Characters 3 Presentation 4 The Purpose of Genre 5 Creative exceptions To set up audience expectations and to provide a roadmap for storytellers. These are persons or beings in a narrative. They are recurring in each genre. Spoof, Subversion, Genre Switch, Hybrid Genre. It is how the formal elements of a film are put together: cinematography, costumes, editing, music, setting, atmosphere. How the story is presented to the audience. The narrative structure.