Dance Film Conventions Research (For Presentation)

Dance Conventions:

In dance films, there are some obvious conventions. All dance films have to include dancing and they include music. The music is generally modern and up to date. Typically, dance movies have both male and female characters.

Dance films use various locations. Common locations are parks, the street, dance studios / workshops, clubs, dance floors and stages. These setting conventions all show to the audience that it is obviously a dance film.

The costumes are usually street based. These include tracksuits, combats, vests, t-shirts, hoodies and trainers. These dance conventions are based on the fact most dance movies are about street dance. Other dance styles come into it, but the majority of the film is of a street dance.

In most dance films, there are two teams or main characters, one male and one female. These characters meet up in a dance battle. They fight it out and dance against each other. At the end of the films, the two characters come together and fall in love, or the two teams join together to make one stronger force.

We are going to stick to some of these conventions. We are going to include dance and use music. However, we are going to use a mix of new and old songs to stand out. We will use various shooting locations, i.e. parks, halls and maybe a club and Boothroyd Stage. We will probably stick with the same sort of costumes (combats and trainers) but we will include a variety of dance styles. Our film will not stick to the typical romantic love interest at the end.