Reflection

The conventions in our genre poster, which is romance, refers to the repertoire of conventions in the films. Firstly we identified films that fall under the genre of romance and then created our poster focusing on the common themes, symbols and the plot of the story. The first theme that we identified was love. The conventions we drew were hearts, some full and one broken, which symbolise connected love as well as love that has become broken. Love is portrayed through all romance films usually between the two main characters. Another convention we drew was a love triangle. Again love triangles are usually a common convention in romance films which include ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ and ‘Sweet Home Alabama’. The convention we used to portray the theme of marriage was a lady’s hand with a wedding ring on her ring finger. Many romance films have married couples or a couple who get married in the film such as ‘Four Weddings & a Funeral’. Some conventions we drew were focused on particular films such as the slipper that refers to ‘Cinderella’, the ships that refer to ‘Titanic’ and the dancing couples that refer to ‘La La Land’ and ‘Dirty Dancing’.  Other conventions we drew were love letters, a disapproving father, lips and candles which we expect to feature in the genre of romance.