: Life starts normally before early warning signs appear.
: Large groups of "archetype" characters (e.g., the science nerd, the corrupt politician, the everyman hero). Disaster Movie
: Shipwrecks ( Titanic , The Poseidon Adventure ), plane crashes ( Airport ), or high-rise fires ( The Towering Inferno ). Genre Tropes : : Life starts normally before early warning signs appear
: High-budget visual effects showing mass destruction. 2. Disaster Movie (2008 Film) How to write the perfect disaster movie - The Guardian Genre Tropes : : High-budget visual effects showing
: Earthquakes ( San Andreas ), tornadoes ( Twister ), volcanoes ( Dante's Peak ), and tsunamis ( The Impossible ).
A disaster film uses an ongoing or impending catastrophe as its primary plot device. These stories typically follow specific characters or families as they fight to survive overwhelming forces. :
: Asteroid impacts ( Armageddon ), alien invasions ( Independence Day ), and abrupt climate change ( The Day After Tomorrow ).