Genre: Romance

Narratives (the kinds of stories)

A couple who have to find each other. Their may be two or one of these couples within the story. The woman or man have failed with love in the past and after they often becomes friends, then they both realise there love for each other after a series of hesitant moves on both there parts.

Settings

Each others house,
Forest-deep in the country side,
City,
Could live anywhere in the world but the two will meet eventually.

Stock characters

Perfect man
Hopelessly devoted woman
The best friend
The boyfriends/girlfriends/EX’S
Sidekick

Iconography

Love music
Red-hearts, warm colours
When something goes wrong-pathetic fallacy (weather affecting story)

Audience – Cassie?

Woman-teens and young adults.


Films
The Holiday
What Woman Want
Sex and the city
Notting Hill
Love Actually
13 going on 30
How to loose a guy in 10 days

Box office (money earned by the genre films) - http://www.boxofficemojo.com/

My Big Fat Greek Wedding = $241,438,208
What Women Want = $182,811,707
Hitch = $179,495,555
Pretty Woman = $178,406,268
There’s Something About Mary = $176,484,651

Editing techniques

Close ups of main people-them kissing
Flashbacks used
Crane shot/p.o.v shot/establishing shot to open.