Since inception to film, drama has been used to teach audiences in an impactful and emotive manner. Throughout history the composition of such drama has changed, in the 1950's it was based on important historical figures, while in the modern day it is focused on historical events rather than people. Using this timeline it is very easy to follow!
In the 1960's dramatical films were based on political events, with a resurgence in sport dramas. Sport dramas were about sport icons and normally their story or important event.
The 1970's brought musical dramas and war films which is technically a separate genre, but still noted as dramas. These war films were mostly based on people and their importance within such war or catastrophic event; "Patton" (1970), "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (1970), and "Apocalypse Now" (1979).
The Eighties featured various emotion based dramatical films such as issues with civil rights and catastrophic events. A science fiction based theme emerged throughout the decade, with notable films such as "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) and "The Blade Runner (1982).
The 90's showed many films with themes of hope and feeling, many famous thriller and comedic films were also released throughout this period. This changed with the turn of the century, as the Gulf War now was inspirational for many films in the early 2000's, many dramas were also focused on people's lives, and the non-specific personal experiences which have had historical significance. Films in the 2000's and after were specific to how the public can view films from a non-icon based perspective, which allows for audiences to resonate with the messages and themes from films.
The dramas in the present day somewhat follow these trends, some of the most popular modern films in the genre also follow these conventions as seen in this critique list.
This timeline and list can be used to analyze various examples of films and the conventions used, to view their openings to find trends within the genre. Dramatical films following modern genre conventions such as; "Boy Erased" (2018) and "Gladiator" (2000) which use a non-specific icon perspective, could be analyzed to find trends.
By finding such films, we can incorporate the themes of films to develop our story as well, we can develop a full story as this is how many producers may begin, by developing the full story we can then find the attributes that would normally be introduced in the film opening, which would follow the conventions of the genre and the theme.
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