Tuesday 12 October 2010

Conventions of Genre: Drama

The main conventions of the drama genre are:

  • Realistic Characters
  • Emotional themes, e.g. Alcholism, Drug Addiction, Racial Prejudice, Religious intolerance, poverty and crime.
  • These themes often put the characters in conflict
  • Fast paced action
  • Physical conflict
  • Superficial Character Developments 
  • Sole focus on the main issue

1 comment:

  1. Lee, please add the actual films to your blog--embed them using the video icon.

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