- Boy meets girls
- Lovers separate in some way
- Attractive male and female (protagonist)
- Lovable mother
- Hatred/disapproving/protective father
- Showing different types of class (high class and middle/working class)
- Heart broken scenes
- Social misfits
- Suportive friend
- Bride and groom ditched atthe alter
- Social anxiety disorders
- Dance to save a relationship
- Lovebird cooking together
- Cuddling/intimate moments
- Finding that one special person
Codes and Convention
- Audience aimed at females or teenagers
- Modern and urban setting, school, office
- 12-15 certificate ratings to broaden the youth audience
- Relationships
- Sexulaity
- Status
- Narrative- falling in love, dating and kissing
- Voiceover to introduce the love genre
- Protagonist- attractive male and female
- Slot of of use of establishing shots and wide shots, showing the characters as much as possible
- Sound set the tone and atmosphere
- Instruments used such as violin, to show the sad parts of the film
- Opening usually start with a instrument ie, piano guitar
- Familar locations
Target audience
The typial target audience, who would go and watch this type of genre would be for females and teenagers. This is because these films would want to see as it could give them advise on there own relationships, Also some of these convention link to everyday life, so the audience would experience some of these typical conventions, through a relationship. The age range for this types of genre is for 15-30, towards females, mostly, because they can relate to, and it may also have an impact on there own relationship. Another thing is that the locations are more familar to the audience, and so it could reasure them, in there own life. Also the target audience would go and these types of films, as they might find the protagonist or one of the characters who stars in it, as attractive, which links to a convention of having an attractive male or female.
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