Sub-Genre Romance

We have decided as a group to have romance as our sub-genre the reason for this is we believe it will help to widen our audience in order to make the best opening sequence we possibly can. We also believe it is the right idea/choice to add romance sub-genre as we feel we enjoy and know enough about romance to be able to include the genre and make it effective. Additionally I really enjoy watching action films with a hint of romance as I believe it makes the audience intrigued and widen the audience. This is because stereo typically women love romantic films therefore this may lead them to watch action films as they are watching something they enjoy with something a little different to what they usually watch. Furthermore, a sub-genre such as romance can add that little bit more excitement to a opening sequence as it may lead the audience to think the film could end in many ways therefore they become more intrigued and want to carry and watch the rest of the film.
For example: Focus

This film is an action film with a sub-genre of romance it starts off when will smith who plays the actor of Nicky Spurgeon is in a night club and spots Jess Barrett and they then pretends they've been caught by her jealous husband. Nicky advises them never to lose focus when faced with unexpected situations. Jess finds him in another nightclub a few days later and convinces Nicky to become her mentor. Nicky tells her about how his father, a con man named Bucky Spurgeon, was forced to shoot his grandfather when a con went wrong.

Throughout the film there is moments which intrigue the audience even more because if it’s not Smith blowing up or seeking for revenge in some way, we are intrigued via Nicky and Jess becoming a couple as they reunite on a couple of occasions. This film is very clever at engaging the audience because as well as being an action film it does have a narrative to it which is very intense at time which keeps the audience intrigued and want to carry on watching more and more. Also, this film is very intense because it includes Nicky at 5 times having to hide away from people and spying so this engages the audience as it makes them wonder if he will get caught and/or what will happen, this is important and key to add as it implies tension for audience so they don’t get bored. By adding a sub-genre romance makes it even more engaging because it makes the audience wonder if Jess with get caught and /or if she gets lost or caught what would happen and how the plan would then work. By adding a sub-genre romance also implies that the main character on his case Will Smith who is seen to be the dominant character as he is shown to take power which is firstly and immediately evident in the picture of the advertisement of the film as he is in front of jess to suggest his power and his hierarchy over Jess,. However, by Smith having Jess by his side implies she is his companionship therefore he might not be as powerful as we all think, Overall, I belive it is more effective and important to include a sub genre as it widens the adueince which has been evident with the findings of audience’s across this film and also it creates even more tension in the film which will engage the audience.

I personally really enjoy this film; therefore I think it is important we add action genre with a sub-genre of romance to our opening sequence. I believe it is important to add a genre which you are interested in especially what you enjoy watching as you will pick up key ideas whilst enjoying leisure time.