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The document discusses the genre of romantic drama films. It notes that these films typically focus on the passion and emotions involved in love, relationships, and marriage. Common storylines involve lovers facing obstacles like illness, financial problems, differences in social class or race, or forbidden love. The films often depict themes of love at first sight, young love between partners of different ages, obsessive love, sacrificial love, and both tragic and happy endings. The document provides brief descriptions of romantic scenes and themes from popular films like Titanic, Dirty Dancing, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, and Grease.

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By Debbie Marques
Romantic Drama
 Most interesting and touching for me  Most films I watch are romantic drama  Inspirational scenes were mostly based on this genre  Have a better knowledge about the conventions on this genre.
 Love stories  Affairs  Focus on passion emotions  Journey love takes through marriage  Usually lovers face obstacles  Illness  Financial problems  Racial  Social class status  Sexual orientation
 Love at first sight  young with older love  obsessive love  forbidden love  sacrificial love  Tragic love  Ending with a ‘’happily ever after’’  Reunion of family  Final kiss  Not all have happy endings
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Titanic Dirty dancing • the most difficult part of the dance •Practiced through the •Dancing scene entire film, never • memorable • flying scene went right • unexpected • very romantic • remember her • original (never happened and the ‘tickles’ before) • memorable • shows the love
The A walk to remember notebook • first kiss of the couple • romantic atmosphere • unexpected Grease •Ending scene •They die holding hands • very romantic • Sad •Final scene •Knows one is expecting these changes •Memorable
(Conflict) Man gets threatened to leave wife otherwise she will die. He leaves her, full of despair she leaves home gets run over and 3. Man divorces dies. How will he react to this ? from his wife as he finds out his interest in men, she loves him so much that she ends up killing him as she thinks Drama if he’s not hers he 1. 2o year old boy obsessed is no one else's . over a 16 year old rich (obsession) girl, tries to rape her (obsession) 2. Women always been jealous of cousin because she was the perfect one therefore decides to kill her to stay with cousin’s husband (revenge)
 Married for 3 years  Husband gets a letter threatening him to leave his wife that he loves, otherwise she will die  Husband to save her, pretends he has an attraction for his friend  Wife in despair and confusion leaves house without thinking  wife gets run over by a car and dies  Husband feels guilty tries to commit suicide when he hears his wife’s voice telling him to be strong and that wasn't his fault
 Close up shot of wedding rings  husband looks at letter threatening him  Flashbacks of wife leaving the house in tears  Sound of car breaks  Wife laying on road with husband on his knees, crying, holding her hand (reverse zoom )
Husband (Matt) •caring •Loving •Romantic •Handsome •Casual clothes •Fashionable Wife (Diana) •Loves husband •Wealthy •Spoilt •Fashionable •Beautiful •Her image is her identity
 Wedding rings – who is married ?  What was matt’s excuse to leave the wife ?  How did he react to the wife’s death ?
 People from 15 to 20  Mostly females  Romantic people  Enjoys drama romance  Believe in love Interesting to target audience :  Using characters that are more or less the same age  Using realistic problems in these peoples lives
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  • 3.  Most interesting and touching for me  Most films I watch are romantic drama  Inspirational scenes were mostly based on this genre  Have a better knowledge about the conventions on this genre.
  • 4.  Love stories  Affairs  Focus on passion emotions  Journey love takes through marriage  Usually lovers face obstacles  Illness  Financial problems  Racial  Social class status  Sexual orientation
  • 5.  Love at first sight  young with older love  obsessive love  forbidden love  sacrificial love  Tragic love  Ending with a ‘’happily ever after’’  Reunion of family  Final kiss  Not all have happy endings
  • 7. Titanic Dirty dancing • the most difficult part of the dance •Practiced through the •Dancing scene entire film, never • memorable • flying scene went right • unexpected • very romantic • remember her • original (never happened and the ‘tickles’ before) • memorable • shows the love
  • 8. The A walk to remember notebook • first kiss of the couple • romantic atmosphere • unexpected Grease •Ending scene •They die holding hands • very romantic • Sad •Final scene •Knows one is expecting these changes •Memorable
  • 9. (Conflict) Man gets threatened to leave wife otherwise she will die. He leaves her, full of despair she leaves home gets run over and 3. Man divorces dies. How will he react to this ? from his wife as he finds out his interest in men, she loves him so much that she ends up killing him as she thinks Drama if he’s not hers he 1. 2o year old boy obsessed is no one else's . over a 16 year old rich (obsession) girl, tries to rape her (obsession) 2. Women always been jealous of cousin because she was the perfect one therefore decides to kill her to stay with cousin’s husband (revenge)
  • 10.  Married for 3 years  Husband gets a letter threatening him to leave his wife that he loves, otherwise she will die  Husband to save her, pretends he has an attraction for his friend  Wife in despair and confusion leaves house without thinking  wife gets run over by a car and dies  Husband feels guilty tries to commit suicide when he hears his wife’s voice telling him to be strong and that wasn't his fault
  • 11.  Close up shot of wedding rings  husband looks at letter threatening him  Flashbacks of wife leaving the house in tears  Sound of car breaks  Wife laying on road with husband on his knees, crying, holding her hand (reverse zoom )
  • 12. Husband (Matt) •caring •Loving •Romantic •Handsome •Casual clothes •Fashionable Wife (Diana) •Loves husband •Wealthy •Spoilt •Fashionable •Beautiful •Her image is her identity
  • 13.  Wedding rings – who is married ?  What was matt’s excuse to leave the wife ?  How did he react to the wife’s death ?
  • 14.  People from 15 to 20  Mostly females  Romantic people  Enjoys drama romance  Believe in love Interesting to target audience :  Using characters that are more or less the same age  Using realistic problems in these peoples lives