Genre Research

As a group, we decided to do a drama as we felt we

really wanted to move our audience - emotionally. As
a group, we felt it would be a nice change and a good
challenge as we had never created a drama piece, the
cameraman and director will work well closely and
also, I put my trust in the fact that the editor will
bring to the screen something I visualise. A drama
will be extremely hard to pull off, however if we do
pull it off, it will be extremely rewarding.
A drama is a film genre which revolves mainly around
the development of realistic characters in which the
audience can relate to; there are many 'dramatic
themes', this may consist of alcoholism, drug
abuse/addiction, infidelity, poverty etc. Drama is
arguably one of the broadest movie genres as it has a
variety of subgenres, for instance, romantic dramas,
crime, courtroom drama etc. Usually, a character is
in a conflict at a crucial time in lives, these
crucial times often involve families - these usually
have the ability to gain empathy from the audience
and touch upon the deepest emotions of 'normal
people' as perhaps they feel they can relate to the
character.
The History of Drama in all modern theatre arts are
still based on innovations introduced by Greeks
thousands of years ago; so, Greeks were one of the
first to create the first dramas - in theatres which were where dramas had initially started up.
Many different theories suggest that the first
dramatic stories were most likely told by primitive
tribes according to education-portal which is an
online site - this site also suggests that no one
actually knows when people began acting out plays which is where dramas emerged from; whilst we are
unaware of where and how it all began - most know
that it the Greek embraced theatre as a means to
worship their mythical Gods. In the 1800's in Germany

began Romanticism which influenced the content of

scrip its written for the stage - the typical
romantic film focused on a hero fighting for 'what is
right' - the most popular was the melodrama - a play
in which the hero always succeeds.
Conventions of a drama:

Slow motion
Freeze frame
Monologue
Entrances/exits
Flashbacks
Narration

Our sub-genre would be melodrama, which uses plots

that appeal to the heightened emotions of the
audience. Melodramatic plots often deal with crises
of human emotion, failed romance or friendship,
tragedy, illness or emotional and physical hardship.
Other subgenres of drama would be:
Crime drama involves criminals and legal system
Historical drama focus on dramatic events in
history
Docudrama uses real people to describe historic
events
Comedy-drama balance of humour and serious
content
Romance film that dwells on elements of
romantic love
Tragedy where a characters downfall is a
result of a flaw in their character