Genre Study Chart

 

Film Genre	Musical	Action/ Adventure	Romance Drama
Film 1	Grease	Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol	Titanic
Film 2	High School Musical	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Dear John
Film 3	The Sound of Music	Inception	The Notebook
Narrative Conventions	- full scale song and dance routines unrealistically erupt during film. - Climax: male and female characters fall in love. - Emotions portrayed in this film give the audience a feeling of spontaneous out burts of musical events. Would you really go to your schools cafeteria and just brake out into a song and hope everyone else joins along? Because of social norms, no one would do this, but people fantasize about it which is why these film draw peoples attentions. (Its the world they wish could be theirs)	- point of view of male dominant character. - disturbance in normal life leads to an adventure. - Climax: main character gets what he wants but with a twist at the end. - Time Period: 2010-2011 -We meet the main character/hero. Their normal world is disrupted in a way to the point where they have to restore its normality. - Emotions portrayed in this film give the audience a feeling and experience that is unrealistic in the real world whereas they can get this close experience by watching these type of films.	- Point of view told from the relationships held between the male and female main characters. - Climax: Love interests fall in love. Time: During a time of crisis or differences. (Ex. Dear John- John goes to war after he falls in love) - Emotions portrayed in these films relate to real life experiences dealing with love--> that’s why the audiences are always drawn to watch them over and over again (even if they endings always seem to be the same).
Other Defining Conventions	- male & female main characters (love interests) - Body Language: distressed about love. Upbeat because of musical out bursts. - Dialogue: usually leads into a song. Some dialogue is expressed through song and dance (entertaining). - Dress: Outfits relate to mood of the character. - Situations: Situations going on in the film are expressed through song/dance as a way to connect with other characters and audience.	- Male characters are the leaders. - Adventures have obstacles along the way. - Body language: uptight and strong showing leadership. - Dialogue: intense and quick at times to show the hectics of going on an adventure with danger involved. (Not much dialogue during action scenes) - Objects: Most action/adventure films deal with weapons of some sort. - Style: Lots of CUs to show action and intensity. Cutting is quick because of the action. Most actions films have dark lighting in scenes to explore the many questions asked along the adventure.	- Characters: Male and Female main characters are the love interests. - Body Language: intiment and close because of the relationship built up between the two main character over a course of time. Some emotions are expressed through events and body language with one another. - Dialogue: meaningful and to the point. Characters express feelings through one another directly. - Situations: Love interests go through a various amount of conflicts in order to be with the one they love. The main characters of the love dramas always seem to be split apart because of some type of differences. - Style: Lighting in the films seem to always have suttle colors. But when situations arise, the lighting of the film starts to get a little dark.