The next genre I am interested in using in my film opening is.......
Drama! Drama is a genre that relies on the emotions and relationships that develop with the realistic characters. While drama relies heavily on this kind of development, dramatic themes also play a large part in the plot as well.
Often these dramatic themes are taken from intense, real life issues. Whether heroes or heroines are facing a conflict from the outside or a conflict with themselves drama aims to tell an honest story of the struggles humans face.
Because the features of dramas are so commonly used there are many sub-genres here are some examples.
Sub-genres:
-Crime Drama and legal drama: Character development based on themes involving criminals, law enforcement and the legal system.
-Historical drama: Films that focus on dramatic events in history.
-Docudrama: Professionally trained actors are used to play the roles in a current event, that is 'dramatised' a bit.
-Psychodrama
-Comedy drama or dramady: Is in which there is a equal amount of humour and serious content.
-Melodrama: Uses plots that appeal to heightened emotions of the audience. Melodramatic plots often deal with crises of human emotion, failed romance or friendship, tragedy, illness and emotional and physical hardship.
-Romance: dramatic film that dwells on the elements of romantic love.
-Tragedy: A drama in which a characters downfall is caused by a flaw in their character or by a major error in judgement.
Because the drama genre is so broad many camera shots/ techniques are used however typically i think establishing shots are used quite often especially in a historical drama, this is because these types of films are often filmed in famous or much loved areas. Also establishing shots are important when the film resolves around its surroundings.
From the dramas that i have watched i have noticed that usually these films involve large casts and therefor the films tend to have many characters. this means long and medium shots must be used when filming a scene involving them all.
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