Romantic films appeal mainly to a female audience. Romantic films contain many cliche moments, although fans of this type of genre enjoy these moments and this is what they want to see in the film. Romantic comedy's have characters that people can relate to and so they feel involved in the film, the happy cliche moments make the audience feel good. Romantic films are normally a basic story line are are normally predictable, although this type of film suits its audience.
The film could contain many 'will they wont they moments'. this intrigues the audience and makes them want to carry on watching to see whats going to happen and if things will work out, normally in romantic comedy's they always do and there is a happy ending.
The audience wants to see a happy ending because they feel they relate to the character and if things go well for them they feel happy and hope from watching the film. Normally happy endings in films are predictable and cliche.
Normally in romantic films there is a faithful sidekick who helps out when they are most needed. this person tends to be unhelpful and seem hopeless through out the film but there is then a moment they are needed and they can turn a bad situation around.
in a typical romantic film there are usually love rivals, this makes the film more interesting and it normally ends up that opposites attract and the 'least expected' guy falls for the girl who initially he finds annoying.
dramatic irony is used a lot in romantic comedy's and this makes the audience feel apart of the film as they know something that the characters don't. this keeps the audience interested to see how things work out in then end.
romantic films tend to contain a subordinate father and a pushy mother. the pushy mother wants characters to either get married and normally are the cause of characters problems. there is then the subordinate father they can go to for advice. another person who the characters go to for advise is a gay friend who has normally been through it all before and can help the character in their situation, this is commonly used throughout romantic films.
at the end of many romantic films there is a wedding, this is a cliche happy ending, but its what the audience would want to see.
Notting Hill - opening scene
the film starts by showing a retiring actress, who is very famous, rich and well known in the public eye, it has many clips of her accompanied by romantic music, this makes you feel happy and puts you in a romantic mood, this sets the scene for a romantic film. The film then introduces you to another character who doesn't have much money lives in a small house and keeps himself to himself, this is used allot throughout romantic films as they show how opposites attract, by introducing you to these two characters there is a will they wont they moment as the audience wonder if they will meet and what connection these two characters will have. there is a male protagonist in the film, this doesn't normally happen in romantic comedy's as the audience is generally female they want the audience to relate to the character more so by making the protagonist female it is easier for the audience to put themselves in the characters situation. as you meet the protagonist you hear a narrative voice and him talking about his life. He talks about his failed marriage and this is cliche, it makes the audience feel as though they can sympathise and relate to the character as things haven't gone right for him all the time. it also makes the audience want to character to succeed. you then see him at work and see other things in his life not going right, such as his business not going well, although there is a cliche in the film as there is a gay friend who has been through it before and supports him by going out to buy him coffee, as this person leaves the shop the famous actress comes into the shop to buy a book, there is small talk between the two characters and then a will they wont they moment as she leaves the shop. back at his apartment you are introduced to the flatmate, this is the faithful sidekick who seems as though he holds the character back, as he doesn't seem very good in social situations.
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