Genre conventions
Comedy
There are a lot of genre conventions in comedy. In comedy there are actors that are genre tropes in comedy such as Jim Carey who features in a lot of funny films. When you see Jim Carey name, you instantly know that the movie has a comedy side to it because Jim Carey featured in funny movies such as Bruce Almighty.
Action
There are many genre tropes in action films too. You see the same actors feature in different action movies. Tom cruise features in movies full of action such as Mission Impossible and Top gun. Seeing Tom cruise in the opening or advert you instantly know the movie is going to be action packed. There are other actors such as Vin diseal who also features in a lot of action movies and is heavily connected with action movies. In action movies you see genre tropes such as shootouts, weapons and car chases.
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