When someone mentions romance, the brain automatically thinks of hearts, flowers, jewellery, gifts, love letters etc and this is due to society. However, there is so many other aspects that link to create an emotion packed romance movie.
The main characters are normally a leading man and woman and the journey they share. Romance films also make finding love and the love story the main plot. In romance films the narratives are could be any love based scenarios such as love triangles. There are may different types of love that can be involved in romance. A very popular romance movie was called the 'Titanic' which was released on November 18th, 1997. At this time it was the most expensive film made coming to around $200 million.The themes of love on this film from the list above are:
-Love at first sight-forbidden love
-sacrificial love
-tragic love
In most romance films, the directors have taken into consideration the mise-en-scene. Therefore, the setting should also be romantic. A romantic setting could be fancy restaurants, beaches, sunsets, Paris etc. The lighting can play a big part in this genre as it is normally soft, natural and dimming lighting. This can then create a tense romantic atmosphere between the two characters. Also, it can give the audience a sense of realism. There are not any particular props that must be included other than everyday items to make the film look realistic.
Plots in love stories can also have an antagonist which could be a horrible step dad/mum or a family member or friends opposing a marriage. Another very popular and traditional romance movie is 'Romeo and Juliet' which follows the idea of having an antagonist who in this case, is Tybalt who kills Mercutio.
The music is soft and non-diegetic to add to the natural, calming theme. However, the music is not playing continuously throughout the film. The soft music normally plays when the two people who are in love are together.
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