The document discusses the genre of romance films and provides ideas for a romance film trailer. Romance films typically involve the journey of two characters finding true love while overcoming obstacles. There are different subgenres of romance films. Two plot ideas are described: one involving forbidden love across time periods and the other involving love at first sight between two characters who initially dislike each other. Soundtrack, location, cinematography, and editing ideas are provided to set the mood and tone of a typical romance film. Requirements for creating the trailer such as equipment, actors, and sounds are also listed.

1. PITCH
Romance Genre

2. RESEARCH
Romance films are based around the passion and emotion of two or more
people. The films are based around the characters journey to find true and
pure love. Typically the characters are faced with obstacles such as illness,
family that disapprove of their love and other forms of discrimination.
Romantic films often explore the themes of love at first sight, obsessive love,
forbidden love and tragic love. In the end the two characters manage to over
come their difficulties and experience a “happily ever after”.
There are different types of romance films such as: romantic drama, chick
flick, romantic comedies, romantic action comedies and romantic thriller each
with their own different conventions.

3. EXAMPLES
Forbidden Love Love At Fi r s t Sight

4. (Present day) A young girl gets set a
history project in which she has to
write about someone from the past.
She finds a diary in a library written
by a girl of a similar age and begins
to read it. The diary contains a love
story of a young girl who falls in love
with a solider who has to go off to
war. The story of the girl in the diary
will parallel and have a similar story
to the girl reading the diary in
present day.
American style - Set just before the
male character leaves high school. He
is friends with the older brother of
the main girl character and begins to
spend more and more time with her
even though they dislike each other.
Eventually they grow closer and fall
in love. The older brother is
disapproving of them and tries to
break them up.
PLOT IDEAS

5. SOUNDTRACK IDEAS
An example of one of the soundtrack’s I would like mine
to be similar to is The Fault In Our Stars. Each song had a
significant meaning in the film and related to the plot and
genre. I would like my soundtrack to also create the same
meaning and emotion when people listen to it.
This is a very different example of a soundtrack as the
music on this album is all the different scores used within
the film. Although the music has no words it still crates a
specific meaning which tells the audience that it is a
romance film. Within my trailer I would like to use a
similar score of relaxing and soothing music which will set
the mood of the film.

6. LOCATIONS
Each of these locations will create the atmosphere to show the audience that this is a typical
romance film. They are also important to one of my plot ideas as the story will be told from
the point of view of a girl in a library. These locations are realistic possibilities as they are
accessible and local. In most romance films they are used specifically for main points in the
plot. For example in ‘About Time’ the main characters meet in a restaurant so that setting was
significant in their relationship. I hope to create the same meaning in my trailer

7. DIRECTION
Cinematography – A lot of close up shots will be used to show the emotion
of the characters and their reactions to situations in the trailer. Eye level shots
to show the realistic sense and so the audience can relate to the characters.
Two shots to show the closeness of the main characters and to give the
audience a sense of their relationship
Editing – The editing transitions that will be used are fade to white and
dissolve to show the passing of time and the parallel of the narratives.
Lingering shots on the couple and the settings will be used to give the
audience a sense of the romance within the trailer

8. ANCILLARY TASKS
Using plot 1 I have come up with the idea that for my film poster I will use a
photo of the young girl reading or holding the diary and then a silhouette of
the couple faded out of the diary. The main colours of the poster will be
oranges and yellows to give the effect of the narrative being set in the
past/war times.
For plot idea two I will have the two main characters close to each other to
show they don’t want to be apart. The colours will mainly include red and
whites so that it shows the innocence of the main character.

9. WHAT IS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE
• Camera - To record all the clips and scenes needed to create the trailer
• Camera recording skills – This skills will needed to be developed and
learned so that the camera work is steady and in focus
• Garage band – Used to create and record any sounds needed within the
trailer
• Final cut pro – To edit the clips and sounds together to create the final
trailer
• Suitable Actors/Actresses – Depending on the plot idea certain looking
actors will be needed to set the atmosphere of the film
• Appropriate sounds – These can be recorded using a recorded in a
museum or memorial space to create an authentic sound