This document discusses film genres and focuses on the drama genre. It defines drama films as those that use in-depth character development and realistic portrayals of emotions to tell a story. Drama films exhibit real-life situations and journeys of character growth through intense human interactions. They are designed to elicit an emotional response from audiences by including conflicts that people can relate to and having climactic story structures. Drama genres are often combined with other genres like comedy to create hybrid films that maintain audience interest.

2. Genre, in general.
Genre, in film theory refers to the
method based on similarities in the
narrative elements from which films
are constructed. Films are
classified into their respective
genres based on the plot, mise-en-scene
and characters.

3. Genre can be…
Film Genre can be classified into:
 Comedy
 Horror
 Documentaries
 Action Thriller
 Science Fiction
 Drama
 Animated
 Musicals

5. The genre I have chosen as the base of
my film is ...‘Drama’
A drama film is a film genre that depends
mostly on in-depth development of
realistic characters dealing with
emotional themes.
In dramatic films, details such as emotion,
landscape and mise-en-scene are
symbolic representations that have
meaning in every scenario.

6. Conventions of a Drama Film
Drama films exhibit real life situations
with realistic characters, their stories
and settings.
Drama films portray journeys of
character development and intense
social interactions.
The purpose of a dramatic story line is
to move the audience emotionally.

7. Significance
The heart of a drama is the conflict that arises.
These conflicts can include realistic struggles that
depict hardships and difficulties that people face in
their life. This way the audience can relate to it.
Dramas are structured with climaxes and anti-climaxes
to keep the audience emotionally
attached.
Most dramas have a certain message to convey and
show it in a form of realization at the end of the
movie.

8. Dramatic Collaborations
Drama can be interlaced with other genres to
create a hybrid movie.
A hybrid movie is when two genres are
combined to add diversity and intensity to
make a film more interesting.
For example, Drama is mostly interlaced with
comedy or tragic films.

9. Examples of Dramatic Hybrids
Titanic breaks the drama
conventions as it ends
in a tragedy for the
protagonists.
The King’s Speech was
an elixir of drama as
well as comedy to
keep the audience
indulged.