Further Genre Research

Further Genre Research

For the two pitches we narrowed down, they would be considered "romantic" and dramatic". When researching we went through it with the same methodology as the powerpoint, looking at the convections of each genre as a whole. Between the two, a lot of commons were found since they are often used together.

Romance

Common Camera Behavior: high angels. low shots, medium to medium closeup shots, with some point of view shots, and many two shots 

Common Lighting: very bright and well-lit with of use of colors (tints)

Acting: encompasses and hinges on various emotions such as envy/ jealousy, happiness, sadness, and anger

Make-up: more often than not, makeup is little to none for casual look expect when the scene calls for more

Props: no real commonalities found within this genre expect for the arguably infamous book/paper fall with wedding attire, alters, and rings being a close second

Setting: most contemporary settings would be a highschool, seeing that there are many "teen-love" stories

Liked Elements: The pacing of a movie matters most to me, and I feel, within most romance movies, the pacing is executed quite nicely

Disliked Elements: Though classic, the Romeo and Juliet trope as been played over and over; with the lovers always having to overcome some major and unreasonable obstacle to be together

Drama

Common Camera Behavior: high shots. low shots, aerials, and over the shoulder shots 

Common Lighting: very bright and well-lit with of use of colors (tints) often changing to envoke responses from the audience

Acting: focuses on feelings and responses to different situations, often needing a cause-effect/ conflict, resolution styled story

Make-up: makeup is often used in turning points of movies when a character experiences growth (in the case of  drama, usually a female character)

Props: no common props found 

Setting: a wide range with no restrictions, however, scenes within dramas are often in walking distance of each to keep its fast-paced nature 

Liked Elements: a good back-and-forth relationship between characters can be refreshing; agreements, bickering, and so forth is a personal favorite

Disliked Elements: there usually is so much happening in a drama that the audience can get lost and swept up in sub-plots

Shared Commonalities

 Shared Camera Behavior: both use over the shoulder shots, high angles, isolated close-ups, tracking shots, zooms, pans, many establishing shots, two shots, and wide shots

Shared elements: extremely focused on character development,  and the relationship of characters...a female, male dynamic is most common in these genres with romance taking the higher occurrence of the two.

Shared editing: both make use of jump cuts, inserts, action, and eye-line matches, split screens, and fades. 

Shared sound: both favor diegetic sound, only sometimes exempting music when introducing a new scene, must of the time though, sound and music would be attached to cars, radios, or cellphones