Drama Genre –Additional Research

Fiona Aldwin

Drama Conventions

• Portrays journeys of character development

• Exhibits real life situations with realistic characters, settings and stories.

• Conflict is the heart of drama

• Conflicts include realistic struggles, depicting hardships, difficulty and pain.

Fiona Aldwin

Drama Conventions

• Audience can relate to characters

• A form of realisation at the end, rarely end with a cliff hanger.

• Characters are usually average so that would fit into our reality.

• Purpose of story line is to move the audience emotionally.

Fiona Aldwin

• Structured with climaxes.

• Mise-en-scene is used to reinforce the realistic nature of the narrative – supporting the locations of the film.

• Lighting conventionally is natural and authentic, making film look realistic.

• Typically narrative driven

Drama Conventions

Fiona Aldwin