The document discusses why the short film would be classified as a drama genre. It notes that as a drama tells a story through dialogue and action, and the teddy bear's film would do so by telling the story of two different social class families coming together from its point of view. It further defines drama as a narrative fiction genre intended to be more serious in tone, focusing on realistic character development and emotional struggles. The document argues it is a drama because it lacks aspects of other genres, tells a story through a character's conflict, and aims to provoke emotion through relationships and its realization at the end.

1. OUR GENRE…
B Y E L O I S E B A R R E T T
DRAMA

2. OUR GENRE
We would label our short film as a drama, mainly because a drama film/series
tells us a story through dialogue and action. So in our case the teddy bear is
telling us a story and with our feedback from our presentation, we have been
given the idea of a POV through the teddy bears eyes so it would be telling us
the story of two different social class families coming together.
Definition-
“In the context of film, television, and radio, drama describes a genre of narrative
fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone,
focusing on in-depth development of realistic characters who must deal with
realistic emotional struggle.”

3. WHY WE THINK IT’S A DRAMA
We think it is a drama because it lacks aspects of other genres.
• Tells a story, working through a conflict
• Our conflict is the difficulty Shannon as a character struggles
• It provokes emotion due to Jack’s actions and the relationships between the
teenagers and children
• The realisation at the end is that jack left the teddy out for Layla on purpose
CONVENTIONS OF A DRAMA
• Realistic characters
• Real life situations
• Inner or outer realistic struggles
• A form of realisation at the end
• To provoke thought and emotion
• Usually includes a protagonist

4. EXAMPLES OF DRAMAS