Hassan Shahid

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.

Hassan Shahid

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