Main Task - Genre

For our Main Task we decided that we should film our opening sequence  to do a British drama I decided to look online to see what the most popular British dramas, some of the most popular are:

Trainspotting
This film is directed by Danny Boyle and is based on Irvine Walsh's novel, it tracks the adventures of several young men in Edinburgh who are trying to get out of unemployment, aimless relationships and drug addiction.
The film's production company is Channel 4 or now known as Film4 this is a British film company. It is distributed by Miramax, Fox Searchlight Pictures and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. The film also stars several actors and actresses who are from the United Kingdom.









This is England
The protagonist, Shaun, who lost his father in the Falklands War, earns the respect of skinheads when he stands up to their teasing. He becomes part of their gang however trouble arises when Combo, an ex-convict returns. The gang divides and Shaun sides with Combo. The director is Shane Meadows and is distributed by StudioCanal UK and IFC Films and the production company is Warp Films.













12 Years a Slave
The film 12 Years a Slave is directed by Steve McQueen and follows the life of Solomon Northup, who is a free black man from upstate New York before the Civil War, is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South. Subject to horrid conditions for 12 years, a chance meeting with an abolitionist from Canada changes Solomon's life forever. The production company is Plan B Entertainment and Summit Entertainment with it distributed by Channel 4, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Summit Entertainment, Icon Productions and Entertainment One. 








Typical qualities of a drama is that it is a narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than comedic focusing on in-depth development of realistic characters who must deal with realistic emotional struggles. Dramatic themes tend to be people dealing with problems like alcoholism, child abuse, coming of age, drug addiction, emotion, hope, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, sexuality, poverty, class divisions and characters in conflict with themselves, others or society. Dramas sometimes have a tragedy and concern the survival of a crisis, like the death of a family member.

Some of these qualities are part of our Main Task so I would consider our task to fall under the drama genre with a British production company.