For our mini-brief, we are required to film a short scene, where a character opens a door, crosses the room and sits down on a chair opposite another character. These two characters will then exchange a couple lines of dialogue. The genre we thought we could link this to is Romance.
Romance is a genre that focuses on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of two protagonists. Occasionally, the lovers face certain obstacles such as finances, illness, psychological restraints, or a family threatening to destroy their union of love. Often, differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films.
In romantic films, voiceovers are often used to introduce the love theme, while the main characters are introduced. Iconography such as wedding bells, hearts, and flowers are used as they are all symbolic of love. ‘Boy meets girl’ is a very typical scenario in a romance film, aimed towards a female audience as it links to their emotions more effectively.
In condition with Todorov’s narrative structure, ‘boy meets girl’ (equilibrium), and there are hints given throughout the film suggesting that the two characters are a good ‘love match’ and that there will be a ‘happy ending’ (disruption of the equilibrium), however the characters then end up in their separate ways due to an argument or disagreement (recognition of the disruption – but not in its entirety), they finally reunite (resolution for the disruption), and they have a traditional ‘happily ever after’ (new equilibrium).
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