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1. Drama
2. It shows real life situations with realistic characters, settings and stories. It also portrays journeys of character development and there is intense social interaction. The purpose of a dramatic story line is to move the audience emotionally. Conflicts include inner/outer realistic struggles depicting hardships, difficulty, and pain. In the genre, typically the audience can relate to the characters. It is structured with climaxes and anticlimaxes to keep the audience emotionally attached and the tension going. Also includes a form of realization at the end/ happily ending.
3. Production techniques such as lighting, special effects, sound, and music used to develop and shape understanding of atmosphere, characterization, conflict, and theme.  Light can be used to establish the time or location of a performance, or to create and enhance mood and atmosphere. Low key lighting is mainly used within drama films to make a scene or event a lot more intense, inflicting a reaction from the audience. Diegetic sound effects are also used to add suspense and dramatic effect to a silent scene. Non-diegetic sound is also used within the drama genre. Close up shots are commonly used within the drama genre of films to emphasize either the reaction, emotion or facial expression of the character, allowing the audience to depict an atmosphere and increase intensity.
4. They are serious representations of real life and/or stories and do not include fantasy in the plot. They show emotions and events at their true height and perhaps dramatize them. Includes many emotional scenes. There is some form of journey and a happily ever after.
5. The film Titanic is an example of a drama. In this film, it uses real characters and portrays a real life situation. The movie focus' on two characters most of the film who are in love yet go through the impossible. Throughout most of it they are going through a journey together. It catches most audience attention emotionally as viewers grow fond of characters. At a certain point in the climax it gets very intense. The music and lighting in this film makes everything very dramatic and intense, especially when the ship itself is sinking.
6. The film Jaws is an example of a drama. In this film, it is about a bunch of people who get eaten by a shark and is also a mystery because they did not know who the killer was. This film uses real life people and situations that can happen in real life. It's setting is at the beach in the ocean which is a real setting as well. We view the struggles of the all the characters when the situation was happening and we see when it gets better. It gets very intense due to its popular music in which mainly everyone knows.Close ups are used to give audience a sense of tension and drama.
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