Outline of genre:
-It is often focused on human conflict.
-The tension is often between the protagonist and forces in the characters life such as themselves, the environment they are in prison/society and another character.
-It provides the audience with a visual and aural experience in order to generate some kind of emotional response from the viewer and cause them to think about the issues focused on.
-There is usually a protagonist and an antagonist.
There are four main genres of drama:
Tragedy: The story-line is told through action rather than narrative. It is focused on the serious consequences faced by the character as a result of their actions. The story often deals with themes around sensitive topics which are seen as a human problem universally. The protagonist of the story usually has a tragic flaw such as too much pride. However they only realize how serious that flaw is when it has already caused their downfall. During the drama the audience is meant to feel pity and fear for the protagonist while still leaving the theatre uplifted and enlightened from how the events have been resolved.
Comedy: The story-line is supposed to give a sense of renewal and rebirth which is why they usually end in a marriage and the birth of a child. This genre (dark comedy) allows the audience to be left with a grim truth through more playful and humours methods such as having the characters behave in comic and absurd ways. A romantic comedy acts on the idea that people do crazy things when they are in love.
Melodrama: Different from a tragedy, the problems faced by the main character is due to forces outside their control, they don’t feel responsible or guilt since they are often just victims of circumstances. There is also a clear difference between the good and bad characters. The overall story ends with a strong moral judgement where the good character is reward and the bad character is punished.
Tragicomedy (hybrid of comedy and tragedy): The story-line tries to picture human life as realistic as possible, by having character change their minds and act out of characters and end the story at unpredictable times. The characters and plots or not absolute but nonjudgmental. This is to illustrate the complex dynamic of human behaviour and that society is constantly changing.
Shawshank Redemption
The genre of the movie is drama
because it covers universal human problems such as rape, suicide and the injustice of the law that are quite sensitive and generates an emotional response from the audience.
When the old man committed suicide the scene was quite strong and caused us as an audience to feel sad and pity him for having to go through such extremes as a result of not being able to adjust to the new environment. Despite the fact he was not the main character, his interaction with the main character helped the audience to build an emotional attachment with him.
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-It is often focused on human conflict.
-The tension is often between the protagonist and forces in the characters life such as themselves, the environment they are in prison/society and another character.
-It provides the audience with a visual and aural experience in order to generate some kind of emotional response from the viewer and cause them to think about the issues focused on.
-There is usually a protagonist and an antagonist.
There are four main genres of drama:
Tragedy: The story-line is told through action rather than narrative. It is focused on the serious consequences faced by the character as a result of their actions. The story often deals with themes around sensitive topics which are seen as a human problem universally. The protagonist of the story usually has a tragic flaw such as too much pride. However they only realize how serious that flaw is when it has already caused their downfall. During the drama the audience is meant to feel pity and fear for the protagonist while still leaving the theatre uplifted and enlightened from how the events have been resolved.
Comedy: The story-line is supposed to give a sense of renewal and rebirth which is why they usually end in a marriage and the birth of a child. This genre (dark comedy) allows the audience to be left with a grim truth through more playful and humours methods such as having the characters behave in comic and absurd ways. A romantic comedy acts on the idea that people do crazy things when they are in love.
Melodrama: Different from a tragedy, the problems faced by the main character is due to forces outside their control, they don’t feel responsible or guilt since they are often just victims of circumstances. There is also a clear difference between the good and bad characters. The overall story ends with a strong moral judgement where the good character is reward and the bad character is punished.
Tragicomedy (hybrid of comedy and tragedy): The story-line tries to picture human life as realistic as possible, by having character change their minds and act out of characters and end the story at unpredictable times. The characters and plots or not absolute but nonjudgmental. This is to illustrate the complex dynamic of human behaviour and that society is constantly changing.
Shawshank Redemption
The genre of the movie is drama
because it covers universal human problems such as rape, suicide and the injustice of the law that are quite sensitive and generates an emotional response from the audience.When the old man committed suicide the scene was quite strong and caused us as an audience to feel sad and pity him for having to go through such extremes as a result of not being able to adjust to the new environment. Despite the fact he was not the main character, his interaction with the main character helped the audience to build an emotional attachment with him.
http://www.ehow.co.uk/info_8528738_characteristics-drama-genres.html
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