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Genres and Designs

Film Genres Introduction
An excellent introduction and overview of the numerous film genres and subgenres.
( http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html )
Film Genre
A web resource with links to sites devoted to numerous film genres.
( http://www.popgarcia.co.uk/filmgenre.html )
Genre Theory and Theories of Genre
A discussion of the major theoretical approaches to understanding film genre.
( http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Hollow/3396/papers_mas3042.html )
Genre Films
An article on the historical evolution of film genres.
( http://home.mira.net/%7Esatadaca/genre.htm )
Generic Conventions and Genre Evolution
An article on how genres influence each other in their evolution as forms.
( http://home.mira.net/%7Esatadaca/genre1.htm )
The Silent Western as Mythmaker
An extensive essay on early silent Westerns and their influence on and by myth, with images, links, and additional essays on Westerns.
( http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue06/infocus/silentwesterns.htm )
Hollywood Mythlink
An index of articles on myth and film.
( http://screenwriters.com/Mythworks/ )
Plot, Story, Diegesis
A brief discussion of the difference between plot, story, and diegesis.
( http://www.imperica.com/sofia/story/plot.html )