Drama Genre

Drama Conventions:

  • Exhibits real life situations with realistic characters, settings, and stories
  • Portrays journeys of character development 
  • Intense social interaction
  • Purpose of a dramatic story line is to move the audience emotionally
  • Heart of drama is the conflict 
  • Conflicts include inner/outer realistic struggles depicting hardships, difficulty, and pain 
  • Audience can relate to the Characters (Preferred reading – Halls Theory) 
  • Structured with climaxes and anti climaxes to keep the audience emotionally attached and the tension ongoing 
  • A form of realisation at the end/happily ending
  • Drama can be interlaced with other genres such as comedy, tragedy, etc. It does not have to be complete drama. 

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