Information of Genre

Melodramas are a subgenres of drama films, characterized by a plot to appeal the emotions from

the film to the audience, viewer.

Addiction Drama

I think the subgenre could be addiction drama because the girl is addicted of not eating and

always forcing herself to vomit.

Crime Drama

When serious thinks happening in the storyline till the end of the movie, about

crime or killing

Part C

Delia Dan

"woman's film"

Conventions Of Genre Drama Part C

Andreea Cristea

Convention Name of film Still shots How they show the convention

Love Ps I love you By the way they look at each other, it shows how they are in love, also by the close-up shot.

Sadness If only By using a close up shot of the woman crying, shows she is sad because of love. It shows her emotions.

Lost love A walk to remember By the shot showing that she is sick. Also that she is pale, and it shows something is not right, she is not feeling good.

Social class Titanic Shows the difference by the clothes they are wearing, and the way their parties are. The higher class, they look more posh, more sitting down, but the working class, they dance, they have fun.

Conventions Of Genre Drama Part C

Andreea Cristea

Convention Name of film Still shots How they show the convention

Tragedy Romeo and Juliet Shows with a close up shot, that she is trying to kill herself which is a tragedy.

Happy Ending

Notebook Because it is a love story, it shows a mid shot of the 2 lovers together. Because they are old now, it shows that they are together, and they been together for a long time.

Poverty North Country Shows the poverty, because the woman wear a helmet, which is a very hard job, therefore she is doing this because of the need of money.

Isolation 4.3.2.1. Shows that the girl is by herself, she is scared. By the way she is sitting, it shows fear, she is hiding.

Conventions Of Sub-Genre Thriller

Part C

Andreea Cristea

Convention Name of film Still shots How they show the convention

Mirror Odd Girl Out Shows that the girl is looking in the mirror, it builds enigma, don’t know what will happen next.

Shadows Child’s play Shadows, to emphasise the fear.

Flashback Resident Evil The movie includes flashback, to inform the audience what has happened before.

Death / Killing

The ring Shows that the the girl from the ring is trying to kill the girl. Shows the girl screaming, also a blonde girl being killed, which shows naivity.

Blood Halloween(The curse of Michael Myers)

Blood is also a convention for a thriller. It shows that something is not clear, something bad has happened.

Convention Use/Develop/Challenge Description & Purpose Examples from FILM (name of film with still shot)

Isolation USE- we will use isolation a convention in our opening sequence, to show that the girl is isolated, that is how she feels.

A girl who is very depressed, she is always by herself, isolated from others. Not very friendly, and she always hides something.

4.3.2.1

Sadness DEVELOP- To show that the girl is very sad, when she remembers about what happened, she starts crying. We can develop this by using a close up shot of her face, to show emotion of sadness.

A close up shot of the woman’s face, to show the emotions.

If only

Tragedy Trying to jump of a bridge. To build enigma.

When the girl feels depressed, she is trying to jump off the bridge, but her friends save her.

4.3.2.1

ConventionsPart C

Andreea Cristea