"A lot of new film makers tend to work in familiar genres, and sometimes tend to fall prey to derivativeness," he said.

Many of the images demonstrate the fact that the new medium was often applied to familiar genres of art - and soon helped transform them.

Frank specializes in a familiar genre, the made-for-television movie based on real-life tragedy.

Robert Bero expands the visual language of a familiar genre.

At first glance the movie, nearly three hours long, seemed likely to belong to yet another familiar genre: the tasteful literary costume pageant.

But the piece makes that familiar genre seem newly fresh and vivid.

The news documentary is a familiar genre and often follows a predictable format.

At the same time, they offer a thought-provoking reworking of the familiar genre of the portrait.

Mr. Ruiz has taken a familiar genre and made it fresh.

In "Curfew" he has created a small masterpiece in the familiar genre.