Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_film

What Are The Conventions Of

Drama?

• Dramatic scenes • Cliff Hangers • Conflict between Characters• Emotional Themes • Crime/love/affairs/religion/comedy • Climax Point

• Sherlock Homes • Did You Hear About The Morgans? • The Lovely Bones• New Moon

Examples of drama films:

FILM STUDIOS THAT PRODUCE DRAMA FILMS

• Hollywood studios • Warner Bros.• Summit Entertainment• Columbia Pictures

How the films challenge conventions?

Drama films mostly depend on the in-depth

development of realistic characters who are dealing with emotion situations, such as drug addiction, poverty, corruption, etc. However, the film ‘Twilight’ challenges this convention as the story focuses on the relationship between a vampire and a mortal, this challenges the conventions of drama films as drama films depend mostly on characters that are realistic.