Our film opening will not only be a musical, but it will also be a romance film. Some examples would be La La Land (2016), Grease (1978), and Beauty and the Beast (2017). In this blog post, I'll be explaining the romance aspect of it.
The romance genre revolves around a love story/affair, usually between two people, the main characters. Historically, the couple is usually a man and a lady. However, through the years, the world has become more accepting and that is not the standard anymore. For example, Call Me By Your Name (2017) is a romance movie about a gay couple, Elio and Oliver. Romance films often explore themes such as unrequited love, love at first sight, lust v. love, sexual/passionate love, tragic love, and forbidden love.
Romantic movies can have a fairy tale happy ending, but they do not need to. For example, Titanic (1997) is based on a passionate but forbidden love on a cruise ship but ends in a tragedy when the ship sinks and Jack, the male counterpart, dies.
The target audience for romantic films is usually young adults and adults. They are usually more appealing to women as well since they tend to be in a woman's perspective, and women are more drawn to romance in general compared to men. There is some color symbolism in romantic films as well, usually red. Red is sneaked in through mise-en-scene elements or even the woman wearing a red dress or receiving a red rose. Red is representative of love and passion.
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