The romantic tragedy genre is heavily on reliant on music to create moods in moments where the main couple are not having a conversation. More importantly they are used in montages. The romantic comedy genre typically covers a long period of time as to realistically portray the development and length of a real relationship. This is so because the main way the romantic side of the genre is shown and deemed effective is the realism and the authenticity of a relationship. No one will believe that two people have fallen in love over a two week span. So with this said the montage is a good way of portraying long periods of time without dominating the bulk of the feature film. This applies equally in a short film as you have even less time to show development of a relationship. Equally music can help create the tragic side of the genre. With certain music over certain events even the most difficult audience can be made to feel the emotion you wish them to.
Having researched the romantic tragedy '500 Days of Summer' I have discovered things about the music that they use in the genre of romantic comedy. The genre of the music used for this film would come under the umbrella of the Alternative genre. Songs are mostly slow paced and are often sung by female singers. This is because the slow pace allows for feelings and tensions to rise as is needed, also The most prominent instrument is the acoustic guitar as it is slow paced and meloncolie like the majority of the music used in '500 Days of Summer'. Something I have noticed is that none of the songs used in this particular instance are not popular songs in terms of chart position and CD/download sales. They are typically songs performed by underground or indie artists.
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