Thursday, 16 October 2014

Romance cliche / codes and conventions

Romance Cliches

  • Kissing in the rain
  • Enemies become lovers
  • Boy meets girl
  • Characters are very attractive
  • Male characters are like Prince Charming and end up rescuing the damsel in destress
  • There is usually a wedding
  • The girl usually has a protective father
  • She has friends who are gossips
  • There is often a gay neighbour

Codes and Conventions


1.Audience: Aimed at female audience.

2.12 – 15 certificate to maximise the audience

3.A typical romance genre would include sexuality, status, gender and relationships.

4.Narrative: falling in love, dating, kissing

5.Often a voiceover is used to introduce the love theme

6.Main characters are introduced – attractive female and male

7.Setting: they are normally set in an urban environment, a beach, a school etc, places where a chance encounter would happen.

8.When a romance film opens, it is likely that much of the setting will be shown to the audience from the use of establishing shots and wide shots showing characters and much of the setting and area behind them.

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