"Feel-good" Dramas

A "feel-good" drama is aimed to evidently make the audience feel good about themselves, happy, so I've decided to switch from doing a serious rather "social" drama to this. I believe it will be best suited with my narrative because the hope Ruby has is infectious, it will make the audience feel inspired.

Films like "Forrest Gump", "Love Actually", "50-First Dates" etc. all these movies heighten your mood; commonly aimed at women because they often fantasise about being in film-like fantasy romance hence why "Love Actually" earned $59 million in the US alone and "50-First Dates" grossed at $45million. Through research, these Hollywood movies mostly earn a lot (and even get nominated for two Golden Globes like Love Actually.)

Why a feel-good Drama?
By committing to the Drama genre, it enables me to have the passage to broadcast an influential storyline, that also will contain decoded message in which the audience will decode to obtain a message or a moral.

A drama gives an insight to lives of people who may not be reachable or in the public eye, by showing light on these people it doesn't just serve the purpose of entertainment but also a lesson of a new culture and way of living; by heightening the knowledge of the audience it will leave them to feel appreciative of what they have in life or, in this case, aspire to be.

My purpose is to enlighten knowledge of social realism, enabling the audience to seek confinement and to an extent - entertainment.

How can I use it for my audience?
By following the Uses And Gratification Theory, I will aid me into projecting my purpose furthermore; for example, the cognitive needs I will not cut out what really happens in the life of unfortunate people, I want to shed realism and emotion so the audience can see what actually happens in different cultures - for the integration of society.

As well, affective needs using emotive and impactful scenes to gain sympathy for character roles will keep the audience engaged; and to an extent, enabling to seek confinement within these character roles, being able to take advice from them to help rebuild confidence and their life.

Finally, personal needs - a feel-good drama will help establish character, helping the audience know they aren't alone in their situation and can follow the advice characters will give.