What is a feature film?
According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a feature is any film that has a run time of more than 40 minutes. Incidentally, a run time of 40 minutes or less is considered a short film.
What are the genres of a feature film?
The basic film genres are as follows:
- Action
- Comedy
- Drama
- Fantasy
- Horror
- Mystery
- Romance
- Thriller
- Science Fiction (Sci-Fi)
- Sports Film
- Western
To provide some clarity, we should back up for a moment and define exactly what a genre is. A film genre is a categorization of movies based on similarities in storytelling, visuals and tone (there are also subgenres within genres, more on this in the next section). Simply put, it’s the type of movie being made. Let’s take a deeper dive into each of these classification genres.