British Genre Conventions

As we have chosen to focus our task on the film trailer, we decided as a group that the genre we would focus on would be British Drama. So that I can gain some knowledge of this particular genre, I am going to look at the typical conventions which make a British drama. An example of a British Drama would be 'This is England' or 'Football Factory'.

• Firstly, drama films can into consideration real life situations and use realistic characters, settings and story lines.
• The purpose of a drama film is to get the audience to feel emotionally engaged by the story being told. 
• Throughout the film you will see how a character changes or develops as a person during a certain time period within the film.
• There is also a lot of intense social interaction between the characters.
• In addition, the audience can relate to what they are watching as the stories often include conflicts of real life hardships or difficulty which many people face during their life time.
• There is often climaxes and anti climaxes so that the audience remain emotionally attached to the story.
• Finally, drama films often end happily.

However, the Titanic breaks the typical conventions of a drama film as the ending is very tragic and does not end well for the protagonists. Also, 'A Serious Man' breaks the conventions as the audience know how the film is going to end.