Conventions of a drama |
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Some of the dramas I have watched this year
are: Gone Girl, The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything.
After researching the conventions of drama
it is easy to identify how they are used in films I have watched myself.
For example, Gone Girl uses a first person
narrator which is how it first opens, this is to emphasises on the closeness of
the story to the character narrating, it makes it personal, almost like a
diary. This links back to the convention of dramas as it connotes the personal
struggle of a character (typically the main character) also offers a sense of
realism.
Similarly, in dramas such as The Imitation
Game and The Theory of Everything, which are, both based on true and historical
events the idea of the story that’s being told to the audience is very personal
and means a lot to the main characters. Which is another convention of dramas-
they tend to be typically social realistic films. 
In The Imitation Game, low-key lighting is
used consistently through out the film perhaps this is to connote the idea of
something or someone being left in the dark, it presents the idea that the
light (truth) can never come out, this links to the main theme which s secrets
and truth being withheld. This is quite different to how and why low-key
lighting is used in horror films, for example in various scenes of paranormal
activity (natural) low key lighting is used to grip the audience and let them
know that danger is around and something will happen as the dark is often associated
with danger and risk. 
