Key technical components of a film (macro + Micro)

Key technical components of a film can be divided into two key categories:
Macro and
Micro.

Genre
What is Genre? The term refers to a category of media products that are classified as being similar in form or type. for example: Western type Genre, Action, Thriller etc.

Narrative
The narrative is the way events are revealed to the audience.
Story: a story is basically a series of evens that often are referred to as the plot.
Narratives can also be split into two different categories. Linear and non-linear

Linear is the sequence of events that are shown in the order that they took place-Beginning middle and end.
Non-linear is a sequence of events that are revealed out of the expected order. for example Pulp fiction.