Generic (typical) Theme characteristics...
| 
GENRE | 
SETTING | 
CHARACTERS | 
THEMES | 
| 
Sci-Fi | 
Space ship, planet,
  outer space | 
Captain, Aliens, crew,
  big bad guy | 
War, Conflict,
  Invasion, Domination | 
| 
Classic Horror | 
Haunted house | 
Monster, Victim | 
Fear, Vulnerability, paranormal | 
| 
Romantic Comedy | 
Big City, Homely House, Autumn | 
The Girl, The guy, The parent, The person against
  the relationship | 
Love, Sadness, Anger, Comedy, sympathy, frustration | 
| 
Mock-umentary | 
The Documentary’s setting, Real life | 
The main characters, The narrator, The researcher | 
Sympathy, comedy, Informative, “taking the mick” | 
| 
Comedy | 
Anything (usually realistic) | 
Main Character, someone that is the bad guy, Main characters
  friends & family, something goes wrong... | 
Comedy, Happy endings, a problem, funny way to
  resolve it, Stupidity | 
| 
Drama | 
Anything (usually realistic) | 
“Good Guy, Bad guy” – (can be represented in many
  ways) | 
Love, Anger, Comedy, Realism, Sadness, Sympathy,
  Happiness,  | 
| 
Action | 
Battlefield, Secret agent building, weapon sheds,
  car garages | 
Bad Guys, Good Guys, People who help the good guys,
  Civilians | 
War, Anger, Justice, Sadness, Happiness, Hatred,  | 
These are just some of the genres out there and I have listed what I deem to be there typical settings, characters and themes of them genres. And this is my opinion and I know that they wont fit all films of that genre, its just meant to be a typical list of characteristics from that genre.
 
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