1. RAGWANA AKRAM 12C
Unit 1 and 5
1) Find a definition for your chosen genre
Definition for Romance: A feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love. A
movie that has romance it is talked about how people feel about each other, whether
or not if they are in love. Genre conventions are all the little things, from typical
characters to repeating plot points that separate one genre of fiction from another.
(Sourced from www.wisegeek.com)
The things you expect to see in these films are that there is always someone who falls
in love with another and there will be people breaking up for another person. Where
the movie extents to the point where the whole story is quite a bit messed up,
leaving the audience half confused.
The genre conventions are: main characters, are there any cliff-hangers? , age
restrictions, appropriate music etc.
Some movies/ films have sub genres this is when the movie has two stories in one
such as a movie talking about one thing and then it shows as a music piece this will
be seen as a sub-genre.
Methods: SECONDARY
Techniques: The techniques I will be using are library; this is
because the research method I will allow me to
look for what I am searching for; which is the
definitions for romance
Information Log: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/romance
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-genre-conventions.
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Organisation: I am going to file it on the Haverstock media blog.
This is because all my work must be submitted on
the internet therefore I will only be doing some
draft work in my exercise book.
Relevance: It is useful because I know what ‘romance’ is a
genre and that it will help me understand what
my initial mind map idea is about.

2. RAGWANA AKRAM 12C
2) What are some of the key films in this genre?
 Grease
 Titanic
 The fault in our stars
 Clueless
 Twilight
Methods: SECONDARY
Techniques: The techniques I will be using are ‘internet’. This will
help me find which movie has romance in, examples
of a movie would be Titanic, clueless etc.
Information Log: http://www.imdb.com/genre/romance
Organisation: I will be filing it in the Haverstock media blog. This is
where all my work will be uploaded on. I will be
putting this particular work in a timeline folder where
it will be marked.
Relevance: It is relevant to my work because it tells me what the
key films are in the genre.
3) Identifying genre signifiers.
Props, costumes, colour, main image, music, sound.

3. RAGWANA AKRAM 12C
Methods: SECONDARY
Techniques: The techniques I will be using for this is the internet.
This is because i have watched trailers of romance
movies this allows me to analyse what the actors
were wearing, what type of music that was played
and if it was appropriate for the right audience, which
it was. There were a lot of different colours that were
shown. To fit with the right costuming and scenery.
Information Log: www.youtube.com
Organisation: I will be filing it in the Haverstock media blog. This is
where all my work will be uploaded on. I will be
putting this particular work in a timeline folder where
it will be marked.
Relevance: It is relevant because it has shown me what genre
signifiers meant. It also shows what the movie/ film
will have such as all the props, costumes, etc.