Genre Research: Romance

 When researching a movie genre there are many things to take note of. A romance film can be defined as a romantic love story that focuses on the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through dating, courtship, or marriage.

Looking from a Romance film perspective, we can see how the camera angles and lighting would differ from other genres.

Famous directors when shooting this type of film would prioritize the main love interest over another side character in a sense. Common camera angles used are extreme long shots, to describe what is going to happen next, and various amounts of tracking shots. They are many medium-long shots to zoom in on the love interest to portray beauty and allow you to fall in love with the character as well. The use of medium shots generally shows the character from the waist to the top of the head. It enables the viewer to see facial expressions in combination with body language and to show emotion.

Lighting is very important for a romance movie and does a lot for the effect. Directors would use a warm sort of red lighting to insinuate intimacy and comfort with the characters. The warm lighting can be done by string light, lamps or candles Another way to have a contrast in color is with sunsets like in the Titanic, one of the most famous romance movies to be made. Most often, warm colors add to an inviting, romantic atmosphere.

The editing concept of romance ascertained that many rom-coms mainly use two different types of editing techniques. Crosscuts are often used to establish a certain action happening between two different locations. Another editing shot used is straight cuts are used to keep continuity in the story so it flows nicely. Something we will be using in our opening sequence is the effect you do when blurring out the background characters.

After talking with my group about this genre we came up with some aspects we both enjoy in this genre and what we don't. We love that romance film usually just focus on the two main characters. We also like the use of backstories and flashbacks when talking about the main characters. Since this final task is only the first two minutes of a short film we decided not to do a flashback but our camera angles will be focused only on the main characters




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