- 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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