Media A2
Romance Movies
The main image for these three romance films are very effective because it demonstrates the genre of the film straight as it catches the viewers eyes. These film cover uses a typical code and convention of the genre of romance and one an example is the two shots of the main characters, who are to be really close to each other and locked into each other eyes. This portrays love and happiness which relates the romances movies and its codes and conventions. All of the main images covers the whole page which attracts the audience/viewer’s eyes more effectively and easily. The use of the medium shots interesting because it lets the views concentrate on the character’s facial expressions and focus on to how they feeling being with that person. This links back the romance and how a boy/girl will look at one another and fall in love.
The use of colour in these poster/DVD covers is very effective. The use of blue and white, symbolises that’s being in love and romance is a happy thing to have and that it brightens your day. This makes the audience wants to see if even more because they might think that watching this might brighten they day too and also it gets the audience thinking that one day they will like a romantic life ‘like the movies’.
Each one of these Posters/DVD cover has a slogan which can relate to the audience and make them think. This also helps to make the cover more interesting and leaves the audience wanting to find out more about what's the real meaning behind these text and how it links to the movie. On the main image contains the main actor's names so that the audience can recognise an actor who they might like watching and will want to go this film because of that character, this can also be used as promoting and marketing.
Things that you would see in romance movies
Romantic movie cliché 1: Romantic music and slow motion
In romantic dream-land, the scenes are always punctuated by beautiful music and slow-motion effects at the most opportune moments. Cuddling in the supermarket? Musical underscore. Kissing in bed? A chorus of violins. If only our romances were underscored by a beautiful symphony. Instead, we’ve usually got the washing machine whirring round and the phone ringing in the background during our passionate moments.
Romantic movie cliché 2: The sex is always perfect
Crikey! If our sex was that spontaneous we would have almost certainly forgotten to shave our legs, the bedroom wouldn’t be dimly lit with a flattering light that made our skin glow and never would we end up finding the right moment to put that sexy lingerie on that covers a large portion of our body and makes us look drop-dead-gorgeous. Our sex would probably be better too if we were pretty much fully dressed. No more worrying about our least favourite body parts = full concentration.
Romantic movie cliché 3: Waking up looking delightful
When we wake up in the morning next to our other half, we look in the mirror and swiftly realise that we’ve got sleep in our eyes, our pyjamas are all twisted and we have caveman hair. When the characters in the rom-coms wake up, they look perfectly polished with a beautiful fresh face and not a strand of hair out of place. Plus, they can give each other a ‘good morning’ kiss without worrying about morning breath.
Romantic movie cliché 4: Gazing into each other’s eyes while driving
Do romance characters not have any concern for pedestrians or fellow drivers? They drive along talking about sweet nothings and even have time to gaze into each other’s eyes instead of looking at the road. If that was us, we’d have crashed before we even got to say “your eyes are like whirlpools”.
Romantic movie cliché 5: Stalking is romanticised
In the movies, one character obsesses over another character until they eventually get together and live happily ever after. If that happened in real life, the obsessed character probably would have been issued with a restraining order and a hard whack around the face, not a proposal. If this did happen in real life, we’d probably be pretty annoyed to be honest. A husband/wife who used to stalk us? We’ll find a normal person, thanks.
Romantic movie cliché 6: The less popular one attracts the object of everyone’s desires
In our world, gents go on dates looking dapper and the ladies get dressed up to the nines too. In the movies, it’s always the guy or girl who looks a little unkempt that ends up finding love with the object of everyone’s desires. We wish lovely partners were attracted to us that easily. While the nerdy girl/guy always ends up looking great at the end of the movie, their partner was attracted purely to their personality from the start. That’s true love.
Romantic movie cliché 7: Arguments turn into marriage
Many romantic love stories in the movies start like this: woman and man can’t stand each other, they put up with each other and argue, then they fall in love and live happily ever after. If we’d got married to every person who annoyed us, we’d probably have achieved a world record by now. If only arguments turned into romance in real life. Finding Mr or Mrs Right would be a breeze.
http://www.realbuzz.com/articles/7-romantic-things-that-only-happen-in-movies/
Romance Film poster
Codes & Conventions of Romantic Posters • Feminine colors such as light blue, pink and white to attract female target audience. • Placing the female character in the center or foreground to show that she is the main character. • The use of props to identify themes of the films for example flowers and sunglasses also attracts the target audience. • Having short titles. • Having interesting taglines to make audience think. • Placing the credits at the bottom of the poster and into the terminal area as it is the last thing that reader sees. • The clothing of the actors is very comfortable and casual. • Image of the couple in intense love. • The background of the poster would be where the couple first met such as college, beach, restaurant etc.
“A Walk To Remember” • The color of the poster is soft, browns and yellows which give a happy feel of the movie. • The image of the couple shows the genre of the film effectively and as the characters are both looking down away from the camera, shows they are in intense love. • The lighting is bright to enforce the feeling of happy and cheerful again. • The title and actors names are in a light yellow color which stands out in parts on the brown mesh background, but also blends nicely in to create the feel of serenity. • The actors names are used as the USP (Unique Selling Point) because they are quite well known actors who have done many films before. Mandy Moore especially has been in many films with the genre of romance, this will ensure the target audience to be adequate. The USP is also the genre, as the image clearly displays a love story.
