Genre Research

Romance Genre

        Romance films are love stories that focus on the relationship between two characters. Romantic films usually explore the important themes like; young love with older love, love at first sight, unanswered romantic love, sentimental love, obsessive love, etc. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus. Oftentimes, lovers in screen romances face obstacles and the hazards of hardship, finances, physical illness, racial or social class status, occupation, psychological restraints, or family that threaten to break their union and attainment of love. The tone of Romance film can vary greatly. Whether the end is happy or tragic, Romance film aims to evoke strong emotions in the audience. Different sub-genres of Romance include Historical Romance, Romantic Drama, Chick flick, Romantic Comedies, and Romantic Action Comedies. 

Historical romance is focuses the setting in a historical time in history or just a period in history. An example is the movie The Duchess.

Romantic Drama usually revolves around an obstacle thats coming in between two people.Music is usually incorporated to point out the emotional mood. In a romantic drama it normally does not specify whether a concluding romantic union in between the two major characters will take place. An example of this is The Fault in Our Stars.

Chick Flick usually refers to films that attract mostly female viewers. Although many types of films may be directed towards a female audience, the term "chick flick" is typically used only in reference to films that contain personal drama and emotion or themes that are relationship-based. Chick flicks often are released around Valentine's Day. An example of this is The Notebook.

Romantic Comedies films are films that deal with love in a light, humorous way. Humor in every movie tends to be verbal, situational, or a low-key variety.  In a typical romantic comedy the two lovers tend to be young, like-able, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance. A perfect example of this is the film, The Big Sick.

Romantic Action Comedies  are comedy films that blends with action and romantic comedy films. The well known example of this is the movie, Mr. & Mrs. Smith.