In drama films there is a few things in the opening credits that are very similar. In alot of the drama films i have seen, there always seems to be slow piano music playing, when this is played it suggests to the audience that the film will be quite meaningful which you would normally expect a drama film to be. In the opening credits to Forest Gump, you are shown the journey of a feather while a slow piano and violin melody plays in the background. This makes the audience feel releaxed but may also confuse them as to what the film is about. Another example of slow music in the opening credits is in the film The Notebook. In both of these films there is a somewhat insignificant scene playing in the background while the credits come up on the screen in white, contrasting against the colour of the scene playing so that the audience can see it properly. This is a common theme in drama film opening credits although other drama films may have a more upbeat introduction to the film like the film Juno. The opening credits to Juno are an animation of a girl walking along the streets with a carton of juice in her hand. She walks past lots of different places and people while a quite upbeat song plays in the background, this makes you watch the film closely and listen to the lyrics to see if it has any hints at the genre of the film. The credits are integrated into the buildings while the girl is walking along.
Most drama films have very simple opening credit scenes, with a simple white text on a contrasting colour background, these types of openings suggest that the film will be quite sad. Other drama films have a more upbeat opening credits which would suggest a more fun film.
We have already made a post on the typical sterotypes that you would expect in a drama film. This post will explain how we used them in our own film. One of the main features of a drama film is the non-diegetic sound. The music plays a key role in capturing the emotion of the film or a specific scene. For example our inspiration for the music was when we watched the opening to Forest Gump. The music was slow and steady making the audience really understand the emotion and seriousness of the scene. We decided to use an instrumental piano track because we believe that this really relates to the emotion of our film. It was vital for us that we included non-diegetic sound in our opening 2 minutes because without it, it wouldn't follow the key stereotypes of the drama genre, therefore making our film unrelatble and complicated to our target audience. I think the pace of the music we have decided to use will make our target audience really understand how emotional the scenes in our film are. The narrative of drama films always have to relate to real life situations along with realistic characters and settings. Our main character is a young teenage girl with a lot of issues. She is homeless and has run away from her foster home. We believe that we have made our character convey all the typical problems a girl in foster care and without parents would have at the young age of 16. We understand that not every young person has the same amount of issues and drama in their life as our main character but we believe that our character is still able to be relatable to our target audience. Our storyline is quite dramatic and serious, not everyone will be able to relate to how our main character is feeling but we hope that her facial expressions and body language will help our target audience understand her troubles. Being homeless isnt something that all teenagers can relate to but we think that our film could show people what it is like and how young people going through it can feel and act. Our film is set in a busy town centre. These are around in every town, so we think our setting will be relatable to everyone, especially around Christmas time because everyone knows how stressful the shops are at Christmas. Camera composition is a key convention in a drama film. For example high angled and low angled shots can portray someones weakness or power. Drama films tend to include a lot of close ups showing the characters emotions and reactions. We think we included a decent amount of high angle shots showing her weakness and more than enough close ups showing her emotional state. For example in the scene where our main character is slouching against a wall, we made sure this would be a high angle shot to ensure that the audience understood that she was weak and emotional. The typical clothing you would expect a homeless peron to wear are quite scruffy and ragged. We wanted this to be the case with our character but we made sure the clothes she was wearing were still somewhat nice. We definatley tried to make her look homeless. We made sure her hair a a bit of a mess and that she was wearing barely any makeup. This would ensure that the audience knew she was homeless. The props we used also helped us get across to the audience that our main character was homeless. We made her carry a sleeping bag around with her which we thought would let the audience know that she would obviously be needing it. We also made a conscious effort to mention that she had run away in our monologue. The lighting in drama films are usually quite dim. This reflects the emotion in each scene. We wanted to use dim lighting in our film to make the emotion really stand out. Another reason we wanted to use dim lighting was because it was the evening and we wanted to show the sun gradually setting throughout the two mintues. This would make the audiece feel sorry for the girl because she has to sleep on the streets on her own.
Romance films are usually associated with females. This is because females like to watch a fantasy of what they wish their life was like. The age rating of romance films are usually 12 and 15, this means the age range that watch the film is from 12 to around 26. Usually men say that the reason they don't watch romance movies is because they are to repetitive and predictable, whereas women will watch them anyway because they like the 'fairytale, happy ever after'. Couples sometimes watch romantic movie because they can relate to whats happening on screen and it creates a nice atmosphere.
Typical American teenagers e.g. Jocks, Cheerleaders
Target audience of a horror film The target audience of a horror film would usually be males aged 16-24. They would usually watch it to feel fear and excitment. Horror films usually promote violence and gore which is what men want to see in a film, whereas women would prefer to watch something more comedic or romantic. People would normally watch a horror film in a social envirnoment with friends. Teenagers normally would watch a horror film because the main protagonists in a horror film are mainly naive teenagers which they can relate to. Teenagers in a horror film would usually be a prime target of serial killers and psychopaths.
Target Audience of the Action GenreAction movies would normally attract a male audience as it is stereotypical for men to be drawn to violence and crimes. If the film was hybridised with the romance genre for example 'The Bounty Hunter' then women would want to watch the film more becuase romance attracts women more than men. Both the genres togethre make films like this a social experience for men and women because they can watch a film that they will both enjoy.
The age groups that will be attracted to action films are normally around the ages of 15-40. Most teenagers want to watch action films becuase they like watching the special effects and explosion, guns etc. Teenage boys like to watch films that give them an adrenaline rush. As men get older (aged 30+) they continue to watch action films. however by the age of around 50, men would want to watch more slowed down films that are less tense and dramatic.
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