Treatment: Genre

We decided that our chosen genre should be Romantic Drama. Our reasoning behind this choice is that this genre depends predominantly on the script and acting to get across the narrative. Since our group consists of people with experience in script writing and others who are avid watchers of this genre, we felt that this was the best way to incorporate it all together. Some films/TV programmes we looked at for reference points included: -Charlie St Cloud -Now is Good -Remember Me -The Lovely Bones -One Day -Silver Linings Playbook Conventions of the genre:    -Narrative Structure used (Now is Good)        -Voice over to explain situation        -Establish Characters  -Soft and gentle non-diegetic scores (Charlie St. Cloud )  -Protagonist has challenges they must overcome, generally caused by  a love interest  -One of the main characters has a past best left forgotten or events  wanted to be forgotten The stereotypical romantic drama will explore 'love at first sight', unrequited love, forbidden love and tragic love. Romantic films are so popular because they are like fantasies for the viewer, for example, when two lovers overcome their difficulties and have the 'happily ever after' life that everyone desires