Type cast

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes.Films of the same genre are similar in narrative, style, and contains iconography associated with the genre. Films of the same genre are similar in narrative style and contains iconography associated with the genre.

Typecasting may mean: Typecasting, the process by which an actor is strongly identified with a specific character, role, or trait. 

The actor that usually appears in my my genre is Zac Efron .He is known for his role in high school musical and 17 again.The film genre he was linked to was family , comedy and drama.However, he has released several Film that falls onto romantic genre,This is called positive type cast,However negatives include actors not being able to leave the genre and explore other areas.

Zac Efron has done many movies that involves drama, romance and comedy.He is chosen in this genre because he is known as being the cool guy who plays sports.For example, In movies such as High School musical and 17 again , he played basketball.The directors may have chosen him because it meets the psychographics of his fans which the film is aiming at and also his fan may see him as a role model.This fits the role of the genre and helps to identify the genre of the movie just by looking at the casting of the movie. This draws the audience and boost the revenue and fans will go to see the film even if the plot has been done again and again.  

A key part of identifying genre would be seen as the iconography used in the film to give away  what category the film falls in.For example if we were to look at teen comedy/drama iconography , there would be expectation of being set in high school, classroom and lockers.