Drama is a Parent Genre (along with comedy) with all serious tone works falling within it. Drama has no boundaries regarding fusion with other genres.

Films in the Drama Genre encompass these elements:

• More serious than humorous in tone

• Narrative fiction (or semi-fiction)

• In-depth development of Realistic characters

• Realistic emotional struggles

• Centred usually on a character or characters who are in conflict at a crucial moment in their lives.

• Often revolve around families

• Digging under the skin of everyday life to ask big questions and touch on the deepest emotions of people.

• Often have tragic or at least painful resolutions

• The survival of some tragic crisis, like the death of a family member or a divorce

• Characters must be in conflict. Usually with themselves, others, society, or sometimes even natural phenomena.

• Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, child abuse, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, sexuality, poverty, class divisions, violence against women and corruption

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