Genre

The opening scene in Dream girls! The genre of this film can be defined by many ingredients, setting, theme, icons, narrative, characters and textual analysis. The setting of this film is Detroit, Michigan, America. It is also set on many stages, backstage, in car lots and characters homes. The film is mainly filmed all inside, so there is no particular weather. However when there is a scene shot outside, the weather is very gloomy to coincide the American riots. Another ingredient of genre is theme. There are many themes of Dream Girls, but the particular ones that stand out are love, betrayal, justice and music. The icons in this film is the typical 1960 women performer necessitates, so your usual stylish wig, ugly frock and make up. Other icons in Dream Girls include Cadillac cars, salesmen suits, briefcases and cigars.  The narrative of this film (or in other words the way the story is told) is a search for justice, if pitched to a film studio, this story would be told in a soft, sympathetic way but with an excited buzz to showcase the brilliant music included in the film. Characters within this film is the typical good guy/ bad guy, but with a more dominant female base, singers and car salesmen. The textual analysis for Dream Girls can be shown through camera, editing and sounds included within the film. There is nothing particularly special about the way this film has been shot, the usual close ups in more dramatic scenes and a more panned out view when the performances on stage are being filmed to showcase all of the choreography. The editing has been done for the sound recordings, but the main sounds included in the film are quite soft yet excitable during times where the Dream Girls may get there big break, and a bit more dramatic and heavier when some dramatic events are thrown in. All of the above ingredients create the Dream Girls film genre: a musical drama.