Thursday, 24 September 2015

Research into British Drama Genre Conventions

These are some conventions of a film drama I have found:

  • Shows character development
  • Presents real life situations
  • Uses realistic and relatable characters
  • Includes intense social reaction
  • Climaxes and anti-climaxes are used to create a range of emotional responses within the audience.
  • Dramas commonly have big scenes due to conflict between characters.
Conventions of British film dramas:
  • Alcohol - usually the cause of violence which can be physical or verbal. Alcoholic characters usually have ups and downs in theses types of films.
  • Violence - this is commonly drug related although it can be related to psychological conditions or for some people a way out of poverty stricken decisions
  • lighting - usually shows Britain to be dimly lit, gloomy, low key natural lighting. This somewhat takes away the little bit of happiness left in the poor areas.
  • Sexism - women shown as dependent on men's actions and count on them to make a living or to have excitement in their life.
  • British actors - 
  • Racism - usually shows lower to middle class men being made redundant and blaming immigrants for their loss of work which lead to racially charged riots and groups like EDL.

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