Monday 30 January 2012

Conventions of a romantic genre

Narrative
The couple meet and fall in love, but there is someone who disagrees. There is a typical feud, and they break up.


Usual Characters
A boy and a girl. Usually the boy isn’t ‘good enough’ for the girl. The parents who generally disagree. The girl is usually the one who is upper class.


Themes
Love


Settings
romantic locations at some points during the film and upper class locations.


Costumes and Props
Dresses, Flowers, Calm/Sweet Music.


Filming/Editing Techniques
High level lighting when the mood is good on screen,  low level lighting when the mood is bad on screen. Bright colours are used in the girl’s clothes, and the boy has dull colours. Lots of close ups to show the characters facial expressions and two shots to emphasise that they are a couple.

By Bonnie Massey

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