It's no secret that the romance genre of film has been around since the creation of film itself. The first film to ever been made was Arrival Of A Train by The Lumieres in 1896.
Shortly after the historic first film was screened, another followed of which was based upon a romantic narrative. The May Irwin Kiss by Thomas Edison,screened that same year .
The Romance Genre of film has been the first establishing genre of film history. It's existence has graced us since we welcomed it in 1896 and will remain on our screens for as long as film continues to be apart of our lives. Flash forward a century later, films are not produced only in colour,but also in spectacular graphics and audio that will amaze children as young as 2 and be enjoyed by adults as young as 100 years old (young).
I remember the first Romance Genre film I watched,it was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I think I must have been 5 when I watched it but I remember being completely smitten with all the characters, even the evil witch. I was too young to know what 'love' was but I understood it and could clearly distinguish it from 'hate'. An attribute the evil witch possessed. I was happy for Snow and Prince Charming finding each other and living happily ever after but could never stop feeling sorry for the evil witch. I wondered about the ending of the film, had the evil witch found her own 'prince charming' . She possibly would have been happier and would not have relied on Mirror Mirror On The Wall to tell her she was beautiful. She could of told herself that and saved herself the horror and magic of making her inside reflect on the outside,becoming ugly. Even if she was just pretending for the sake of fooling Snow. It seemed real that she actually looked like that.
Trailers of many romance films possess themes of endurance, heartbreak,loss,sex,happiness, affection, kissing, and love at first sight. Themes that are distinguishably classified as a 'romance genre' . However, specifically to the trailer of the film it is noticed that trailers corporate its movie theme through dramatic and extreme scenes whereby the message of the genre of the film is easily recognisable.The dilemma of the narrative of which is often conflict between the characters, is shown in the beginning of the trailer.
Examples are :
Leap Year
P.S I Love You
Crazy,Stupid,Love:
Another theme of romance genre is the Hero and Damsel in Distress theme. When the male lead assumes the role of 'hero' when aiding the female lead ( damsel) with a problem (her distress )
Examples include :
Often romance films set the expectations of real life relationships. Our interaction between various people we meet in our everyday lives can be influenced by what is perceived in films we watch. Common messages gathered from a romance genre is that couples can ''live happily ever after''. Which is true to a certain extent whereby filing for a divorce does not apply to certain couple beliefs and practices. Nonetheless, relationships are hard work and full of highs and lows that constitutes to life in general. Moreover despite the '' happily ever after'' theme of films, films always have an ending which further supports that films messages does not apply to our lives as our ''ending'' is when we pass away.
The romance genre has the least amount of violence in it's films.Violence contained in romance films is usually domestic violence of both physical and emotional abuse. An example of a romance films containing violence is Think Like A Man and Think Like A Man 2. In consideration of the hypodermic needle model, domestic violence and sex abuse can be influential to those watching, thus it is important that the age certificate graded to film is deemed suitable to a mature audience whereby they are mature and independent enough to think for themselves and not be brainwashed by a scene from the movie. Another aspect of the hypodermic needle model is that is can also be used to positively influence someone in terms of their love life and possibly themselves.
When watching my favourite genre of films I would not mind watching a certain film more than once as I find it extremely comforting and relaxing. I'd watch the film online as it is always easily accessible and convenient which means I could watch it whenever and wherever I want . As long as I'm comfortable, the environment of which I watch my film in does not matter. I could watch it on my phone while i'm running on the treadmill at the gym, on the train,bus or in my bed.
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