Thursday, 22 January 2009

Romance Movies - Generic Plots

Romance

Romance movies are generally focused on two leading characters, usually a man and a woman.
The narrative takes the audience on their journey of how they fall in love if the two characters have never met before, or the trials and tribulations of a relationship if they are already a couple.

Generally, romantic films take on the theory of Tzvetan Todorov; equilibrium, a disruption to the equilibrium, and finally a new equilibrium. This generates the audience to sympathise with the characters and want them to ‘make up’ at the end, and are willing for a fairytale ending, where everything is sorted out.

Love films can take on any aspect of romance, such as, tragic; passionate; obsessive, forbidden, love at first sight, unreciprocated etc.

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