As we continue to iron out our pitches, let's make sure we're comfortable identifying what genres different movies belong to.

The following list contains ten films with a Renaissance (ish) setting, yet all ten genres are represented. It's up to you to look up the logline to the film (I recommend using imdb.com as a starting point). Based on your results, you can resubmit as many times as you want until you get the grade that you want.

REMEMBER: Identifying the correct genre is not about identifying the TONE of the film, but it's THEME. What is the message of the film based on its logline? Is there a mystery to be solved? Then it's probably a Whydunit. Is there a love story? Wait! That doesn't automatically make it a Buddy Love, unless the theme of the story is how the protagonist is incomplete without his/her counterpart. What about magic? That automatically makes it an Out of the Bottle, right? Well, if the theme is to be grateful for what you have or to be your true self, then yes. But if it's part of a story about someone deciding whether or not to make the sacrifice necessary to join a guild of wizards, that would make it an Institutionalized story.

Knowing how the genres are defined by THEME is key to correctly identifying them. THEME IS EVERYTHING!
That's why reviewing the three elements that go with each genre can make things so much easier for you.

Good luck!

THE FILMS

Spartacus (Stanley Kubrick, 1960)
Apocalypto (Mel Gibson, 2006)
The Sword in the Stone (Wolfgang Reitherman, 1963)
Black Knight (Gil Younger, 2001)
Dragonheart (Rob Cohen, 1996)
The Lion in Winter (Anthony Harvey, 1968)
The Name of the Rose (Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1986)
Twelfth Night (Trevor Nunn, 1996)
Ladyhawke (Richard Donner, 1985)
The Pit and the Pendulum (Roger Corman, 1961)