Conventions of my chosen drama THIS WILL BE EDITED

The drama film is a genre in which mostly depends on in-depth development of realistic problems that are focused around realistic characters with emotional themes. These themes could include, drugs, poverty, crime, society, religious intolerance, alcoholism and emotional distraught.
This film genre can be contrasted with an action film, which relies on fast-paced action and physical conflict, but superficial character development. All film genres can include dramatic elements, but typically, films considered drama films focus mainly on the drama of the main issue.
Some well-known drama films include Citizen Kane (1941), The Godfather (1972), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Forrest Gump (1994) and The Shawshank Redemption (1994).

Drama films have been nominated frequently for the Academy Award (particularly Best Picture) - more than any other film genre.
Melodrama: a sub-type of drama films that uses plots that appeal to the heightened emotions of the audience. Melodramatic plots often deal with "crises of human emotion, failed romance or friendship, strained familial situations, tragedy, illness, neuroses, or emotional and physical hardship." Film critics sometimes use the term "pejoratively to connote an unrealistic, pathos-filled, campy tale of romance or domestic situations with stereotypical characters (often including a central female character) that would directly appeal to feminine audiences.” Also called "women's movies", "weepies", tearjerkers, or "chick flicks". If they are targeted to a male audience, then they are called "guy cry" films.
Tragedy: a drama in which a character's downfall is caused by a flaw in their character or by a major error in judgment.
A typical drama may also have music in, however the sub category for this genre will effect the music, for example, a melodrama will more likely have a dark and depressing tune than a comedy drama set in a happy setting.

These 2 sub Genres above are probably the focus of my film project, my idea is about a 18-20 year old going through college, after the ordeal of accidentally killing a girl whilst driving his car, he now lives with the guilt, I plan to show this through character isolation, long shots of the character in a empty scene.