Genres
- Dies Irae
- the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath')
- heroic poetry
- poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero
- toon
- a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
- heroic tale
- a story of an adventure
- plainchant
- (Roman Catholic Church) a liturgical chant consisting of a single, unaccompanied melodic line
- cinema verite
- a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director
- pibroch
- martial music with variations; to be played by bagpipes
- fado
- a sad Portuguese folksong
- romance
- a story dealing with love
- Negro spiritual
- a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
- postmodernism
- genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism
- slow motion
- a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate
- primitivism
- a genre characteristic of (or imitative of) primitive artists or children
- tragicomedy
- a comedy with serious elements or overtones
- rock music
- a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western
- pointillism
- a genre of painting characterized by the application of paint in dots and small strokes; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th century France
- low comedy
- a comedy characterized by slapstick and burlesque
- chamber music
- serious music performed by a small group of musicians
- talking picture
- a movie with synchronized speech and singing
- whodunit
- a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
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