Codes and Conventions

The first blog piece I have done in completing my film genre work is researching the different things that you can find in Romantic Dramas. This is because the genre I have chosen is Romantic Dramas and I want to use the correct codes and convection's of the genre, so I have researched Romantic Dramas so that I can be positive that my film will fit perfectly into the genre.

For a Romantic Drama the settings used would be:


-Beach towns or beaches.
-In a variety of places as the characters may have many meetings and accident throughout the film.
- Places we associate with being romantic like beaches, restaurant's, couples homes. Places where the main characters are isolated and can show affection freely.
-workplaces of the main characters

Romantic Drama Props:


-Flowers or chocolates
-presents
-nice clothes/ swimwear
-Car
-Mobile phone
-Photography
-suitcases  

Typical Action in a Romantic Drama:


-Boy meets girl
-Girl meets boy
-They grow close
-They fall in love or one of them do and have unrequited love for the other
-Lovers are pulled apart by tragedy,betrayal, jealously or mistakes
-Period of time where both characters or one of them are mourning there lose
-They are pulled together by a spontaneous moment/decision
-They are reunited though sometimes they remain apart.

Common Character Types of a Romantic Drama:


-Male lead character
-Female lead character
-Friends of both main characters
-Their family members
-Competitor of one of the main characters affections

Typical Storyline of a Romantic Drama:


- Boy meets girl
-they spend lots of time together and fall in love
-become separated by a tragedy or problem
-spend time mourning each other
-are thrown back together
-live happily ever after

Sound/Music:


-Piano solo's that can moves between melancholy to happiness
-Brief dialogue in parts maybe more in others
-maybe some narration to help explain scenes
-songs that are related to love or break ups.

Cinematography/ Editing:


-Flash backs of the past not in all romantic dramas but are used occasionally
-Little editing as the film is based purely on reality
-many different shots of the characters apart and together

This was useful as it let me know what audience expect from my film genre. The film always involves a man and a women who fall in love through a variety of events but always end up coming apart at the end and sometimes being reunited once more. I now know what my film should have in it not only to make it fit the genre I have chosen but make it more interesting.