Friday 10 September 2010

Sub-genres of a Drama film

We decided that the genre of our film would be a drama, however there are many sub-genres of a drama film. These are:

(Taken from Wikipedia)
Crime drama and Legal drama - Character development based on themes involving criminals, law enforcement and the legal system.
Historical drama (epic) (including War drama) - Films that focus on dramatic events in history.
Docudrama: the difference between a docudrama and a documentary is that in a documentary it uses real people to describe history or current events; in a docudrama it uses professionally trained actors to play the roles in the current event, that is "dramatized" a bit. Not to be confused with docufiction.
Comedy-drama: is in which there is an equal, or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content.
Melodrama: this uses plots that appeal to the heightened emotions of the audience. Melodramatic plots often deal with "crises of human emotion, failed romance or friendship, strained familial situations, tragedy, illness, neuroses, or emotional and physical hardship." Film critics sometimes use the term "pejoratively to connote an unrealistic, pathos-filled, campy tale of romance or domestic situations with stereotypical characters (often including a central female character) that would directly appeal to feminine audiences." Also called tearjerkers, or "chick flicks". If they are targeted to a male audience, then they are called "guy cry" films.
Romance: a sub-type of dramatic film which dwells on the elements of romantic love.
Tragedy: a drama in which a character's downfall is caused by a flaw in their character or by a major error in judgment.

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