Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 romantic drama film about two cowboys, Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar, who meet at a ranch in Wyoming in 1963 and embark on a secret romantic relationship, forming a strong emotional and sexual connection. The film explores their relationship over the following 20 years, as they struggle against the prejudice of the era to express their love for one another. Some key conventions of the romance genre used in the film include intimate scenes showing the deep love and passion between the two men, as well as scenes of them being forced to separate that convey the emotions of forbidden love and loss. The film challenges stereotypes by portraying the innocent love between two men in a same-sex relationship.

1. Brokeback mountain
By Noor Naoum 12S

2. Brokeback Mountain (2005)

3. • The genre of Brokeback Mountain is based on
an epic romantic drama film
• Other films in the same genre are:
• The notebook (2004)
• A Walk to remember (2002)
• Love & basketball (2000)
• Sweet November (2001)

4. The purpose of romance
• The Romance film can be defined as a genre
wherein the plot revolves around the love
between two characters. This genre usually
has a theme that searches a subject within
love such as love at first sight, forbidden love,
love triangles, and sacrificial love. The nature
of Romance films can contrast greatly.
Whether the end is happy or tragic, Romance
film aims to induce strong emotions in the
audience.

5. Romance conventions Examples from films
“Boy meets girl” typical in a romance
movie. The audience of these films mostly
like to see happy endings.
“The wedding planner” Mary falls in love
with Steve but Steve already had a
girlfriend willing to get married. In the end
they decide to go in two separate ways and
he marries Mary in the end.
A typical romance genre would contain
sexuality, status, gender and relationships
“silver linings playbook” After a stint in a
mental institution, former teacher Pat
Solitano moves back in with his parents and
tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things
get more challenging when Pat meets
Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of
her own.
Aimed at female audience “the back up plan” mostly aimed at women
because it shows times in pregnancy and
romantic scenes that will convince women
to watch the movie.

6. conventions evidence explanation
Two men meet at a
ranch which
belongs to one of
them
in those scenes they
filmed wide shots from a
distance to show the
connection between the
two.
High, intense
romantic love
scenes
In these scenes they did
medium close ups to
show the romantic
moments and to ensure
that the audience know
this is a key moment of
the movie
Being separated
and being forced to
leave each other.
In this scene they filmed
a close up. This showed
us their emotions of
being separated from
each other.

7. • Other films in the same subgenre are:
• Titanic
• The notebook
• Gone with the wind
• A walk to remember
• Love actually

8. Denotations and connotations
This picture denotes the two men being close
to each other However this connotes the love
between the two men and them being so
close not speaking from a distance like two
ordinary people. The background is blurred to
show the main focus on the two main
characters.
The connotation shown in this shot shows the two men as a
loving romantic couple, who care for each other. The
denotation shows us that the two men are together and the
close up shows that they are caring and loving towards each
other.
The denotation in this scene shows two
men on a field laying against a truck and
dressed up in a western dress code. The
connotation shows that these two men
seem friendly and have a good friendship
if one is slouching on another's truck.

9. In this shot of the trailer the two
men are looking ahead upon the
mountains which is a distance.
This could imply that they are
looking into their future of being
together forever or whether it
may end.
This medium close up expresses the fact
that the two men are deeply in love and
that one of them has his arms wrapped
around the other. The background shows
some sort of forest which indicates that
they are alone in an abandoned area.
This image shows us the two men sitting
with each other. The fire could represent
the romantic spark between the two
lovers. The horse having its head facing
downwards could represent the loss in
hope and that ominous things may occur.

10. Stereotype Re-inforced challenged
A ordinary man Mainly represented
as a man with big
muscles,
womanizer and
extremely
attractive looking
for an attractive
woman
Expected to be the
hero of the film
and generally find
someone he can
truly love.
Two men meet and
become gay
The two men are
shot from a high
angle to represent
them as innocent
and vulnerable
They are
represented as two
innocent lovers
who want a decent
relationship and
are expected to
protect each other.

11. Context of my trailer
• The context of the trailer is about gays. In
society today homophobic people are against
homosexuals which could effect society
because they are born naturally this way.
• The film is a romantic film which shows that
anyone could be in love and that its their life
and their choice.