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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