Naughty Dog is well aware of the heroic massacre problem; they seem to see it as an unavoidable genre convention.

Wolfe's writing does not generally follow genre conventions.

Small presses not only showcase new writers, they also leave them free to ignore genre conventions.

"The Lighthouse" is too rooted in genre conventions to count originality as its strong suit.

Self-referential texts that cite and expose genre conventions 5.

In the early 1990s, Nirvana's signature "stop-start" song format became a genre convention.

Experimentation with narrative forms and genre conventions has instead become a central focus of his films.

Setting a mystery in the epicenter of a war zone challenges the genre conventions, but it doesn't change the rules.

There are, however, genre conventions that need to be met to be successful.

In both films, the director embraces his position as a film amateur, self-consciously avoiding genre conventions.