Genre Research

Sport Dramas

So as for the genre, my partner and I decided to do a sports drama mainly because we both play sports and can relate to the character we plan to develop. This genre combines both drama and sports film conventions. Many films of this genre revolve around a famous athlete, but in our case it will all be fictional. 

General 

Drama is a film genre that revolves around the emotional development of realistic characters. Such dramatic themes are often drawn from serious, real-life problems. While dramas rely heavily on this type of development, dramatic themes also play a significant role in the plot. Whether heroes or heroines face an external conflict or a conflict within themselves, Either heroes or heroines face an external conflict or a conflict within themselves, dramas aim to tell a realistic story of human struggles. 

More specifically a sports drama's conflict is usually an individual or team struggle as they reach success for a sport. The outcome typically results in either the protagonist winning a large competition or losing and searching for their soul or sadness. The typical sports that are covered in sports drama are basketball, baseball, football, and boxing. 

Conventions

Sports dramas' conventions often include:

•  romantic storylines
•  psychological or sports injuries
•  social and political conflicts 
•  action-oriented climax
• audience relate to characters
• conflict is the main source of drama
• developed around a sporting event or athletes
• comparable to reality 

Themes 

A typical theme in sports films is the victory of an athlete or team that, despite the difficulties, prevails in the end. Although this is typical since these films are realistic it sometimes it is the opposite, and the athlete or team suffers defeat and therefore, learns a lesson from the loss. 

Major sport dramas

1) Rocky (1976)

2) Remember the Titans (2000)

3) The Karate Kid (1984)

4)Creed (2015)

5) The Wrestler (2008)

References

https://www.allmovie.com/subgenre/sports-drama-d965

https://www.ranker.com/review/the-wrestler/143915?ref=node_name&pos=28&a=0&ltype=n&l=2472395&g=US
https://thescriptlab.com/screenplay/genre/952-drama/