Today I did some research on a few different genres to see what I might want to do for my film opening. I came across a lot of interesting things and ideas so lets get right into it!
The first genre that I researched was Romance. Romance is personally my favorite genre when it comes to film, so I was very excited to learn more about it and what exactly it entails. I found multiple resources that were very helpful in explaining how to portray romance in film and what things are typical of the romance genre.
For example, in "A Deep Dive Into All the Feels of the Romance Genre" Robinson explains that a lot of romances combine love at first sight with you're typical meet-cute. A good example of a meet cute would be like when the characters run into each other and one of them end up spilling coffee on the other. They combine this kind of trope with the love at first sight trope which is common in many rom-coms from the early 2000s.
The movie "The Notebook" is a good example of the meet-cute love at first sight trope where Noah immediately falls for Alley. So is "How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days" and "The Proposal."
Robinson also dives into the "opposites attract" trope which is also shown in these popular movies. Conflicting personalities, adversarial circumstances and economic and social opposites (pretty woman) are all typical of the opposites attract trope. In "The Notebook" you can see the economic and social opposites with Noah and Alley. They eventually have to overcome this adversity in order to be happy together in the end.
The other genre that I researched was The thriller genre (another one of my favorites)
The thriller genre is distinguished by the mood it creates in the audience. When emotions of worry and suspense are brought out, then you know it's a thriller.
When researching I learned that suspense is a very big part of the thriller genre. It is a crucial part to creating the perfect thriller movie and without suspense it is very hard to brin the audience to the edge of their seats when watching this genre.
While thriller can have many subgenres it is very common to see action, horror, and drama in thriller movies and tv shows. Many thriller pieces involve crime and psychotic main characters. One of my favorite thrillers is "Straw" a Tyler Perry movie. I think this movie clearly depicts what a thriller should look like.
Well that brings my blog to end for now! Hopefully you enjoyed my exploration of these two genres as much as I did. Thank you so much for reading and see you next time!
“A Deep Dive into All the Feels of the Romance Genre.” Mandy.com, 25 Aug. 2025, www.mandy.com/magazine/article/romance-genre-explained-79192/.
Hellerman, Jason. “Defining the Thriller Genre in Movies and TV.” Nofilmschool.com, 6 Dec. 2023, nofilmschool.com/thriller-genre-definition.
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