When watching a film the audience have certain needs and desires in which they are to fulfil. For example if you are watching a rom com the audience perhaps will expect to feel a certain emotion; e.g. wish fulfilment, attraction to characters or to feel perhaps melancholy or joyous.
Andrew Tudor noted 'a genre defines a moral and social world'.
John Fiske 'embody the crucial ideological concerns of the time in which they are popular'
Rom com
Emotional
Identification with protagonist/love interest 'Brad Pitt is so relatable'
Attraction to characters; 'I wish I could be with Mila Kunis'
Wish-fulfillment; 'I wish that could happen to me'
Escapism; 'the life I lead is so uneventful'
Physical
Crying- (catharsis) ; The release of built up emotions. can also happen in a song.
Laughter- releases endorphins and makes us feel good.
Tension and release of tension.
Todorov stated that 'narratives are about transformation'
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