Romance
Genre: Codes, Conventions and Target Audience
- Normally a strong female lead who is pursuing an attractive male
- Includes sexuality, romance and kissing
- Frequently, a voiceover can be used to introduce the theme of love
- Set somewhere with a realistic chance of romance occurring (eg the beach, school, on holiday)
- It is common for wide angled shots to be used to establish the setting
- A bride or groom getting left at the alter
- A gay bestfriend who can tell the female lead exactly what to do
- Dance can normally save a romance
- An emotional scene in an airport where a flight is cancelled, or someone is chasing their partner to stop them getting on a flight
- Love triangles
- Props: flowers, umbrellas in the rain, picnic blankets
Target audience is commonly a female from age 12 upwards due
to the certificate being either 12 or 15 to maximise the audience. Women are
attracted to the films due to a strong, attractive male role and also the fact
that they like romance films as they like to compare their life to it.
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