romance clichés codes and conventions

Mostly all romantic films are aimed to women. That usually means that the main character, the person that is followed in the film is a women who the audience will root for from the beginning.  The age restrictions on romantic films are 12A or 15 this is to expand the audience.

 Another feature of romance films are light and care free music which is non-digetic. Even though this may not reflect the characters feelings it shows us that something will happen to the character to improve the viewers mode 

Certain camera shots are used in romantic films, one of the main shots used in romantic films are two shots which usually shows the main character and the person she/he loves. Another shot used in romantic films are close ups to show the characters emotion.