Beach Location
Beaches are locations that are commonly used in romance films. This is because they give codes and conventions of peace and calmness and also beauty which are all things that can be associated with the romance genre. Often romance films include long shots of the two main characters (love interests) strolling up a beach holding hands, this is seen as romantic as they are alone in a nice location and they are happy. Whilst I would very much like to include a beach location in my trailer, I don't know if this will be possible for practical reasons. Neither me or the actors live close to a beach location and therefore in terms of travel and cost I don't know if it would be possible to film there. However it is still useful to look at the beaches as a location and see if they have any similarities to other locations that are perhaps more convenient to get to.
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| Grease: 1978 |
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| Mamma Mia: 2008 |
Here are two examples of romance films that have used beach locations. 'Grease' is a 1978 film featuring high school teens as it's stock characters, 'Mamma Mia' is a 2008 film featuring young adults and adults as it's stock characters. So here we see that beach locations have proven successful throughout the years in terms of romance films, and because of this people have begun to associate the location with the genre.
