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Conventions of Drama Films
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- 2. Conventions of Drama:Exhibits real life situations with realistic characters, settings, and stories Portrays journeys of character development Intense social interaction Purpose of a dramatic story line is to move the audience emotionally
- 3. Conventions of Drama:Heart of drama is the conflict Conflicts include inner/outer realistic struggles depicting hardships, difficulty, and pain Audience can relate to the Characters (Preferred reading – Halls Theory) Structured with climaxes and anti climaxes to keep the audience emotionally attached and the tension ongoing A form of realisation at the end/happily ending
- 4. Drama can beinterlaced with other genres such as comedy, tragedy, etc. It does not have to be complete drama.
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- 6. Drama Films ThatBreak Conventions A comedy drama, It broke the convention of a typical ending where the audience knew what was going to happen to Larry. The film tried something new, that the audience would not predict. Titanic breaks the conventions as all does not end happily for the protagonists, but has a rather tragic ending.