Genre films balance convention and invention. Discuss this claim, making detailed reference to TWO genres and at least TWO American films in your answer.

Genre films balance convention and invention. Discuss this claim, making detailed reference to TWO genres and at least TWO American films in your answer. You must include a filmography and a bibliography. Your bibliography must include at least FIVE PUBLISHED TEXTS (not from the internet). One of these texts should be Langford, Film Genre. Use the bibliography in Langford and the reading list provided on BREO to find further texts.