Genre Focus- Coursework Prep

The genre of the movie can be told in the first few minutes of it, by the different elements- the props,setting, characters etc. Genre means the style of what the film entails, due to the conventions set in.
The most common film genres are:
Horror
Romance
Comedy
Documentary
Rom-Com
Western
Action
Thriller
Sci-fi
War
Family
Drama
Fantasy

I will be focusing on 3 film genres, one will be the coursework genre in which I will later do deeper research into.
Romance:
Here is a mind map of the conventions you find in a typical (teen) romantic film:

Romance movies are always popular amongst the girls, we love a good love story of which is every girls dream to find that perfect guy in the perfect way. At the start of a movie the main characters are always introduced in some way, it could be by narration and seeing or from the script of what others say, or from the surroundings of what is going on (Mise-en-Scene). The writer/director creates the film in a way that the audience can relate to, certain scenarios that the girls and boys will come across during their teenage years. There is normally a problem in the way of the 2 people not being together, either the other person doesn't know about the other, or family disapprove, or they are moving away, lots of typical conventions but the couple always find a way of being happy together again.
Here is a list of classic Romance films:
Titanic
The Notebook
Love Actually
Dirty Dancing
Notting hill
Breakfast At Tiffanys
Forrest Gump
Pretty Women
Pride and Prejudice
The Holiday
How to lose a Guy in 10 days
Amelie
Serendipity
Two Weeks Notice
500 days of Summer
10 things I hate about you