Genre research

Why is romance so loved? 

A typical target audience of romance films are heterosexual middle-aged females. General conventions are a relationship formed between two people throughout the film, a love triangle, a happy ending, and a pattern of anticipation, tension, and release. The Institutional aspects are usually associated with the marketing techniques of posters or thumbnails with the two main love interests in love posing together like they love each other, drawing in that audience that searches for romance films. These films are marketed either using the relationship drama in the trailer or specific actors they know an audience would love to see together. Examples of these films are “anyone but you” “After” “It ends with us "and so on. 

 

Sydney sweeney being a rising actor along with Glenn Powell was a great move to have them act together in a rom com.  

This film “anyone but you” are a sub-genre of romance. It is a rom com. Yet it embodies romance perfectly since the audience can see this “boy meets girl” convention of production that is executed and developed throughout the film. Th audience can watch their tension build up with occasional comedy relief. It is marketed with many thumbnails are the two actors looking either in love or annoyed with each other, marketing this movie as a push and pull love story. The cloths Sydney wear are all light floral colors to give that extra feminine aspect about her.  The guy is chasing her most of the movie making viewers anticipate when she will finally give in. 

 

 

The notebook is another great example of a romance movie. The plot is yet again “guy meets girl” and “guy chases girl” story line. They make specific production choices like using whether to help convey intense emotion in the most important dramatic scene. This is a key feature that helps people remember and associate with the movie. They add rain to their thumbnail to make it even more memorable and help the audience have an association to the movie. The story shows how their relationship develops and all the problems and how they get resolved. In the end the main characters end up together, leaving the viewers satisfied and rewatching it. The actors are also very popular, the actress being the lead mean girl in the movie “mean girls” and the lead actor being Ryan gosling, a well-loved celebrity. This draws people to watch the movie because of their love for the actors. 

 

Some other examples of romance movies are, “The idea of you” “after” “deep water” “float” “titanic” “la la land” and “Pretty women”