Genre Conventions

Romance

By Grace Cambridge

Setting• Typically set in and urban setting

such as a beach, a school or a local diner.

• The settings used in Romance films are typically known as where a chance encounter may take place.

• Sometimes Romance films can use big cities as a setting such as New York.

Dear John

Grease

Maid in Manhattan Set in New York

Set in a school and a diner

Opening is set in a beach

Sound • Sound that is used in

Romance films shows the mood of the characters and the mood of the film.

• If the movie is sad then the music will generally use just one instrument to create the lonely and sad environment. Sometimes soft lyrics are also used to create a lonely mood.

• However if the romance film when something good happens to the lead character an upbeat and cheerful song is used.

Twilight During Bella’s

depression

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging When Georgia and Robbie get together

Diegetic and Non Diegetic Sound

• Musical instruments that are used to create mood can either be diegetic or non-diegetic.

• A guitar is used in the fault in our stars as a way of showing that the main character is in a bad mood and the support working is trying to lift it. This is diegetic sound.

• Non diegetic sound is used when music is played over the top of the scene. To show the characters feelings.

The fault in

our stars

Titanic

Props • Different props are used

depending on the storyline of the film.

• You would expect to find

Flowers such as RosesHearts

RestaurantsRings

Jewelry Box of Chocolates

The fault in

our stars

Valentines Day

The Best Of Me

• In the Romance Genre costumes are very genetic they wear everyday clothes that are specific to the time period.

• On a Romantic date the audience would expect the man to wear a suit and the women to wear a elegant dress.

• They would wear brighter coloured clothes as they are in happy period of their lives

Costumes

My Film

Setting - My film will have 2 locations, it will be set in a college and inside a house allowing the audience to see when the disruption of the equilibrium occurs.

Sound – I will use diegetic to show where the setting is such as background chatter when filming in the college, I will then use non-diegetic music to create suspense over the audience while she is taking a pregnancy test.

Props – The main props I will use for my film will be a car and a pregnancy test but to the genre obvious I will have flowers on the table to make it obvious.

Costumes – My main character will be wearing very casual clothes such as Jeans and a T-Shirt this will show that she has been to a place where it is more acceptable to wear casual clothes.