Hi and welcome back! Today I will be diving further into the Romance-Drama genre to help me decide where I want to go with the story.
Now that I know what genre and sub-genre I wanted to do it was important for me to look at what things are typical of that genre.
While researching I found that what really separates and Romantic drama from other romance films is exploring the complexity and problems that come with the love at hand. It's important to think of why love might not work out or can't work out for the two characters in the relationships. That's why a lot of common tropes for this genre include forbidden love, family disapproval, and opposite personalities. These tropes create problems for the characters adding emotion and drama making it more serious. Knowing this, I think it would be really fun to do the trope of opposite personalities combined with family disapproval. A grunge teenage girl and a rich, to the book, boy who meet each other at school.
In my last blog-post I mentioned having a meet-cute in my film opening. Since the two characters are meeting at school, I was thinking they could run into each other and both their books fall. During this interaction they will both be hostile towards each other since they already have their minds made up about one another regarding who they are as a person.
Now that I had the emotional and story part of a romantic drama down it was time to look at the technical part of it. This includes camera shots and angels, mis-en-scene, lighting, and editing. I found this video on camera lighting commonly found in romance.
The Cinematography of Romance | 3 Cinematic Lighting Setups
Lighting is important to portray the mood of the scene. For a romantic drama, since it is a more serious and dramatic film, darker lighting that highlights the character's emotions is commonly used in this genre. For the Mis-en-scene of the film opening I think it'll be important to focus on costume design. Since I'm going with a grunge girl she would most likely be wearing dark clothes and maybe have colored hair. here are some examples of what that may look like.
For the guy, I was thinking a posh, rich look so that he fits the role of the character.
Well that's all the research I have for this post thank you so much for reading! See you next time!
“Romantic/ Drama Genre Conventions and Audience Pleasures.” Prezi.com, 2016, prezi.com/yaxtu1rz9ma1/romantic-drama-genre-conventions-and-audience-pleasures/.
Chanel. “Romantic Drama - Codes and Conventions.” Scribd, 2026, www.scribd.com/presentation/335517333/Romantic-Drama-Codes-and-Conventions. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
“Romantic Drama Code and Conventions.” MindMeister, www.mindmeister.com/487895066/romantic-drama-code-and-conventions.
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