Portfolio Project Genre #1

The genre that I'm considering for my portfolio project is drama. As for the subgenre, it would be realistic fiction drama.

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Realistic drama is a genre that displays the lives, struggles, and goals of people with drama and authenticity. It represents the hard truth and the complex things in peoples lives. I thought of this genre firsthand, because I thought I could somehow demonstrtae the realities of young lives in this world today. Mainly the struggles is what I thought of orignally since this type of genre is well recognized by young people. 

 Now, realisitic drama aims to engage and resonate with the audience emotionally and intellectually. The audience, such as myself, like to seek a sense of understanding from this genre. For example, struggling with fiances may resonate with others, or struggling to make friends in a different country as a foriegner, these are examples of what the audience may find to be resonating. Not only that, but the audience may enjoy the life lessons from these type of genres. 

Generally speaking, relaistic drama usually has a life lesson added to it, and apply to the majority of society. This genre applys realistic situations and explore issues from there. Common content that goes along with this genre is identity, morals, personal growth, and even love. It also often ends with no resolution as opposed to another type film with a different genre. This goes to show the realsim, since in our day to day lives there isn't always a resoultion to certain situations but we have to move on. 

The techniques that are used for this type of genre are technqiues like natural lighting, to reinforce the realsim of the genre. For emotional appeal, it may use close up shots to capture expressions that may be significant. And medium shots can be used to show the setting that is being established. Now, rather than music that is added, it may use diagetic sound as the genre is trying to be as realistic as possible. The characters aren't usualy loud, the tone is more soft and calming. If anything, soft music can be applied as well for moments that are emotional. As for mise-en-scene, practical clothes are used, as well as realistic props and setting. Settings like, work, home, or school are the usual settings for this type of genre. 

For Institutional Conventions, instituions that work with this type of genre are institutions like A24 which is a indpendent studion as well as Magnolia Pictures, and Sony Pictures Classics. The marketing for this focuses the emotional aspect, like the character and their realtionships. The poster for this type of genre can be mnimalist as it is made to be realisitc with the character in a natural setting. The trailers may emphasize the hardships and the relationships of the character, and really highlight the mood. 

One of the two films that illustrate this genre is "Past lives". This film has the factors of realism like the natural dialouge and the natural setting and clothes that is used. This story also is about love, identity, and a sense of connection, which all go to realsim. 

The second film is titled "Lady Bird", which is a film that centers around a teenage girl and the conflicts with her close ones. This film uses real life situations for storytelling rather than a more dramatic  kind of plot. 

Citations: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/tv-drama-audience-demographics/28493255

               https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_Lives_(film)

                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Bird_(film)

                https://www.clrn.org/what-is-realism-in-drama/