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Genre
The commercial categorization of films by the similar narrative story elements from which they are constructed such as setting, mood, presentational format or audience expectations. Genres typically overlap to some extent. The Marquee Stars database recognizes ten genres as determined first by their principal mood. (See Action, Animation, Comedy, Documentation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Suspense)

Genre Theory
An approach to the study and categorization of films based on film genre as opposed to auteur or creative unit. Genre categorizations are sometimes imprecise but always dependent upon multiple factors including story lines, prominent producers and directors, audience expectations, era and any social changes that the former reflect. (See auteur theory, creative unit theory)

Gonif (also Goniff, Gonef)
Hollywood slang for a thief, wrongdoer, scoundrel, rascal or untrustworthy businessman; not quite an outright crook. Someone who conducts business in the shadowy edges between propriety and illegality, who steals from business associates in underhanded ways or who finds creative ways to overcharge, and who usually gets away with it. The word comes from Yiddish, although derived from the original Hebrew “gannab,” meaning “to steal.”

Greenlight Or Greenlighting
The formal go-ahead or commitment of funds for the production of a motion picture or television project. (See project package

Guild
A collective bargaining organization legally incorporated with a control-by-membership charter. (See DGA, PGA, SAG, WGA, union)