Development of Drama

The way footage is edited can determine the intensity of the shots in a film where drama is key. When creating and developing drama in you your film, its depends on a few things such as the camera shots. In drama films, they use a lot of reaction shots,this is to signify how one or more characters act to a situation that has occurred. They also use long-winded shots as they want to build up tension and create a sense of danger by doing this. Developing drama all comes down to emotion and how they react and deal with that, after the 'drama element' has took place. An example of where drama is used and built up is in a film called 'The Lovely Bones'. The element of the film is murder, and we see the characters go through an emotional roller coaster. To intensify their emotions, reactions shots are used throughout because its the torture of not knowing who killed the girl in the film or what happened prior to this when she didn't come home. Its the emotion and build up these events that therefore develop the drama.