The romance genre (woman’s film) whether in novel, television or film form, will work with narratives whose starting point will often be the arrival into the life of the female hero of a male who interests her romantically. The narrative will often proceed by means of intimate conversations and encounters, coincidences, mistakes and so on, delaying and thus intensifying the audiences desire for the couple to ‘get together’ and usually ending happily in terms of the central, romantic relationship.
At the level of the audiovisual, romance has particular traditions: lavish clothes and domestic settings; much greater use of close ups, especially focused on the eyes; certain styles of intimate acting & dialogue; use of female actors in strong roles; all amplified by a particular kind of music: sweeping chords, piano and string sections of the orchestra.
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