Research in to Genre

                                       Romantic films
The conventions of a romantic film are:

• Girl meets boy typically this is an accident
• Argument that splits the couple for them to later be reunited 
• "Happily ever after" ending
• Symbols that relate to love (hearts, flowers, rings)
• Targeted at a female audience rather than a male audience
• Emotion renching (pain, love)
• Sometimes there is a struggle in choice i.e two men fighting for a female 

Good Examples of Typical Coventional films are:

• The Notebook - 2004 

Based on a novel. A couple fall in love from very different backgrounds, the male comes from a poor background where as the female does not. They are separated by social difference but eventually end up together.

• The Vow- 2012

A happy married couple end up in an accident the female loses her memory and her husband has to work to regain her love.




There are also films that dont abide by these coventions to create a twist in the story:

• Titanic -1997 

A couple who fall in love although it is frowned upon due to their social difference. They eventually end up together but when the titanic sinks the male dies therefore ruining the happily ever after convention.

Pitch

We wanted to see whether our film idea would appeal to our target audience. To do this we got a focus group of ten teenage girls and pitched our idea to them, we then asked them a series of questions on what they liked or disliked about our idea and how they would improve on this.

Intial Ideas

We brainstormed the romantic genre and ended up with this idea.

• Typical girl meets boy
• Christmas theme
• Set at a christmas party 
• We want to intercut the two stories (Boy and Girl) 
• Use of mistletoe to set genre and time period
• Make titles included in action