-Settings and Props
Settings and props can be the most important thing to showing a genre. It can clearly show the genre by what is around. If there is a planet with lasers, the genre is quite clearly sci-fi.
-Costume, Hair and Makeup
This can help to show the personality of a character, the time period and a genre. Some characters are directly linked with a certain costume or hairstyle.
-Facial Expressions and Body Language
This shows a characters feelings and what kind of a person they are.
-Lighting and Colour
Lighting and colour can be used to direct the viewers attention to certain things and highlight the important aspects of the scene. It can also show a characters feelings and personality by using light for a happy person and dark for a angry mysterious person.
-Positioning of Characters/Objects in the frame
This can also direct the viewers attention and highlight important characters and objects. It can indicate relationships between characters.
