Research: Chosen genre conventions

Drama
Codes and conventions
-use of lighting to create the emotion wanted in the scene for example dull lighting to convey emotion and sadness.
-Deliberately using camera shots to portray the power between characters.
-Typically set where drama is known for example a school (teen drama), a workplace or a social area like a supermarket or shopping centre.
-The storyline could include a romance and then there could be a bad ending to the story.
-Storyline could also follow modern day events making the product informative as well.
-The typical props that are found in drama media products are guns, knives, alcohol and mobile phones.
-Includes emotional scenes (close up shots showing emotions).
-Follows mainly one character.
-Some drama products have a narration.
-Includes dramatic music for the emotional scenes, contrasting the silence of the rest of the scenes
-Point of view shots
-storyline could be based on a true story
Examples
-Titanic (1997)
-The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
-Schindlers List (1993)
-Forrest Gump (1994)
-American Beauty (1999)