product uses the same narrative structures as a real, professional romantic film. It has the two main characters who
are in love, there is a problem posed which will determine how they’re relationship goes and there is a strong
female character in my product. Personally I think those three are the main conventions of a romantic film. The normal narrative structures for romantic films are two people meet each other
but there are problems,(disequilibrium) stopping them from having a relationship; or there are two people who fall out of love and
face consequences when they are without each other. In Almost every romantic there is a happy ending which is an iconic ending for a romantic film. I have used this knowledge to help develop my media product so that my media product is more realistic. If I were to have produced the whole film I would have made an ending in which the two characters meet again and fall back in love and eventually get married - this is the happy ending and it would have made the audience happy too. This is an example of how I am using the conventions of real media products and then using them to strengthen my media piece.
In the opening of real media products, action and enigma codes are used to release sufficient information but keep the audience hooked and wanting to know more. I have posed questions to keep the audience hooked. For example, the audience want to know whether he is going to propose to her and then why he breaks up with her. This is an enigma code and it keeps the audience hooked.
In the opening, most films pose a problem which will determine how the rest of the film goes. I have used this to create the same effect, I have introduced the disequilibrium. At the end of the of the opening I pose the problem that the boyfriend is splitting up from his long term girlfriend. Not only does this use the idea of posing a problem in the opening; it also
follows the narrative structure of a romantic film. The audience are left a bit confused becausee they had just heard Scarlett talking about how much she adored him in her voice over and now Scarlett has just been dumped but this is good because it means that they will watch on to find out what happens to Scarlett next.
The characters in my media product are also typical of a romantic film; as I have a strong, main female character. Also the male, is supposed to be attractive to the audience which is also key because in romantic films you always see a 'hunk' who the audience fancy temporarily whilst they are watching the film. Lauren who plays Scarlett is also typical of a female character in a romantic comedy - she is pretty, stylish and has alot going for her. This makes the audience warm to her because she appears nice and normal.
