Genre Research: Romance

The first genre we began researching was romance. A romance film is a visual media that broadcasts the romantic relationship and love story of typically two people. In these films it focuses on passion, emotion, and the journey of love. Some common camera angles and movements you can find in these films are extreme long shots, medium shots, close-ups, extreme close-ups, long shots, medium long shots, medium close-ups, and tracking shots.  These camera positions allow for a particular position to be focused on so that the dynamic of a scene can be exhibited. Jump cuts are common editing cuts we can see in these films. Types of sound we can see in this genre are diegetic, non diegetic, voice overs, and sound bridges. These sound types can create the mood of a scene depending on how a director utilizes them. Common sound we can hear is soft and calm music that represents sensitivity and connection in a film. The use of sound assists to awaken the emotion of an audience. Lightning can consist of very vibrant and dim lights to induce a romance set up. With mis - en- scene common romantic props are gifts like flowers, jewelry, chocolate, et cetera. Gift giving is very essential in these films because it shows the connection between the characters. Costumes are very diverse but you can usually find formal attire for dates and special occasions being worn. Most romance films can take place in cities like New York. This is very common because cities contain all the elements a person would need to produce a romance movie. In stereotypical romance movies there are always two love interests. Some popular romance films are the Notebook, Titanic, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, and Everything Everything. In our film we do not want to incorporate any romantic props since we are going for a more scary film idea. However, we would want to close ups so we can capture all of the scary elements.