Domestic Tragedy
The conventions of this genre are..
- - this genre illustrates a Western 'everyday life' culture
- - It is where people come to difficult life dilemmas and situations.
- - Because it is tragedy we know that it is destined for a dark ending.
- - There can also some comedy within this so it will reflect real-life.
An example of this genre is Mike Leigh's "Another Year" which reflects the life of a middle-aged couple (Tom and Gerry) and some of their friends. Life has turned out well for Tom and Gerry, but their friend's lives aren't as positive, as Jerry states at one point in the film 'life isn't always kind to people'
The scenes in the film are of everyday life hence "Another Year" and the main characters in the film face daily dilemmas. One character played by Lesley Manville's for example had many problems with her life; she struggles to find love, and her car keeps breaking down, and she gets lost, she's disorganised and constantly late.She is shown to be continuously dealing with these problems, and at times not coping at all well.
As this film concentrates on people's flaws which are often hidden in the more 'Hollywood' films like Superhero films and the such like, we suspect that the ending is not going to be a happy one for all of the characters. But as all of the characters' problems mount up, they are seen as to have cheerful and funny moments, sometimes dark comedy, which makes all of the characters very three dimensional.
Watch a trailer for this film below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilv0aVRJPps
This will be the genre for my film.
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