Conventions of a children's film

Conventions of a children's film

• Narrative - the narrative is quite simple
  - Usually a happy ending
  - There is usually a moral to the story and a lesson to be learned
  - There is a usually a problem that the characters need to overcome
• Genre
  -Action
  - Romance
  - Adventure
  - Musical
  - Fantasy
  (Most are usually a hybrid of a mixture of genres)

• Characters
  - Main character is generally a child - vulnerable