The drama genre often reflects real life situations but portrays them in a more dramatic, entertaining way. Drama films often portray issues of infidelity, teen issues or the more established film may look into world issues such as the film 'Remember Me' featuring Robert Pattison who looked at the tragic terrorist attack 9/11.
Drama films are often used to portray a message about the society which we live in, it gives across a message in an entertaining world and through the use of mass media the message can be viewed in the masses helping to spread the message of the film.
Teen dramas are often focused on teen pregnancy such as the film 'Juno' who used the topic of teen drama to also include a comical element, making the issue of teen pregnancy some what not as serious but was done to show how common or typical teen pregnancy has become. The film Juno had the message that if society sees teen pregnancy as not something serious then teens won't take it seriously either.
In teen dramas the characters often portray teens in real life, someone who the audience may recognise or can draw out characteristics of the character which they can associate with someone they know or have seen. The characters in teen dramas are often characters that teens can relate too and often hold the values and beliefs of most teens. For example in the film 'Mean Girls' we are show characters with different characteristics which the audience can relate too, in 'Mean Girls' Lindsey Lohan's character Cady has to change her values and beliefs to be able to 'fit in' with the more popular members of her high school, this is a subject many teen girls can relate to and therefore establishes an audience.
Another sub-genre of the Drama genre would be historical. This sub- genre explores past events in time and the example of 'Remember Me' would be an example of that. Another example would be the film 'The King's Speech' were by the film explored the life of King George VI and his rise to the throne and the speech therapist who helped him there. This film shows historical events that have been made into a media text to entertain but to also reflect a real life past event.
Another example of a sub-genre of the Drama genre would be a 'Romantic Drama' were by love within the film is complicated because the two main protagonists have difficulties in been together for example family disapproval, forbidden love. An example of the Romantic Drama would be Titanic were Rose (Kate Winslet) and Jack (Leonardo Di Caprio) fall in love aboard the R.M.S Titanic in 1912 and the first problem they encounter is that Rose is from a wealthy background were as Jack is from a poor working class background, another problem is that Rose is due to be married therefore hindering the romance between the couple.
Another sub-genre of the Drama genre is a 'Crime Drama' were the films main theme is Good Versus Evil, in the film the protagonist often wins. An example of this type of Drama film would be any of the Batman triology were Batman plays the protagonist (the good guy) and the antagonist is played by one of Batman's enemies.
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