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genre research.
The document discusses common scenes found in romance film trailers and movies. These include: 1) The introduction of the main characters showing close eye contact and soft music to indicate they will fall in love. 2) The first kissing scene, usually a medium shot from the side, with slowed down editing and music to focus on the couple's emotions. 3) When one character meets the other's family to show a connection is being formed between the couple.
genre research.
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- 2. INTRODUCTION OF MAIN CHARACTERS. Oneof the very first scenes of most romance film trailers is the shot where the two main characters meet. It shows them with close eye contact and soft/slow music. This automatically shows the audience the genre as this tells us that these two character’s are going to fall in love at some point the music and eye contact quickly foreshadow this as it is a very stereotypical thing of romance trailers.
- 3. KISSING SCENES The firstestablishing moment of two character’s being a couple is in the scene when they first kiss on camera. This shot is usually a medium shot showing both character's from a side angle. A shot of a couple kissing can and is shown in many genre’s of films, what makes them iconic in the romance genre is that the editing is usually slowed down, a slow non-diegetic song played and the camera panning around/following the couple, forcing all focus on them two and the relationship/emotions they share.
- 4. FRIENDS AND FAMILY Thescene where one character meets the other’s parents or family is a huge part in the storyline of a film. It’s at this scene where we stereotypically realize there is a connections between the couple. In both examples the more willing character is on the left of the frame showing that in these scenes they are the more dominant ones.
- 5. CLOSE UP OFFEMALE This scene appears in every romance I’ve watched. It’s purpose it quite simply to show the female’s beauty through the eyes of their lover. This scene gives us an insight as to his feelings towards her and shows the raw emotion between them.