Planning our Teaser Trailer

What idea did we have for the genre?

We wanted to have a film that dealt with social realism and social issues like domestic violence and therefore researched films that presented such themes.

· Sleeping with the Enemy is a 1991 psychological thriller film starring Julia Roberts, who plays a woman who escapes from her abusive, obsessive husband, played by Patrick Bergin. Very similar to our previous AS piece which was a thriller and as a result, we decided that we wanted something much different.

· Nil By Mouth is also a perfect example of a ‘drama film’ as it presents issues of drugs and violence, whilst also exploring family relationships and the strain that living in a 'run-down' area can have.

What's a drama film?

“A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, crime and corruption put the characters in conflict with themselves, others, society and even natural phenomena.”

Our film could also be classed as the sub-genre of a Melodrama which is actually classed as a “sub-type of drama films that uses plots that appeal to the heightened emotions of the audience. Melodramatic plots often deal with "crises of human emotion, failed romance or friendship, strained familial situations, tragedy, illness, or emotional and physical hardship.”

A Modern Day Film dealing with domestic abuse - Enough directed by Michael Apted

Plot

Enough is a 2002 American thriller film starring Jennifer Lopez as Slim, a young waitress who one day meets the man of her dreams, Mitch in the diner where she works. A few years later, they have a young daughter, Gracie and it is revealed that her "perfect" husband is cheating on her and becomes abusive towards her.

Despite the fact that this film is a thriller, there is still much that my group and I can learn from this particular plot and the issues that are explored in the movie such as abuse, struggle and social relationships.These specific issues would also therefore make our film a ‘drama’ or ‘melodrama’genre, because it would be extremely emotional.