Genre – Drama

My sister’s keeper- The opening scene for this film really determines the genre. The film starts off with a young girl who has been diagnosed with cancer narrating in the background as her family play in the garden. Ashe is describing the fun times she had with her family and how she wished she could go back to that time. The camera then cuts to the girl speaking and you see that see is suffering from some sought of disease. You are straight away knocked back by this and you can guess what type of genre the film is. Already in the first few minutes of the film you have seen the dramatic effect this girl has had on her family and how she feels exiled from the rest of he family.With the sick girl narrating in the background you are unaware of what the story is about at first. You see a happy family but the tone of the girls voice suggests that not everything is right. When the girl suddenly appears on screen you understand why she had such a sad tone in her voice. I did not expect to see this at an opening of a film so i was happy to see that a film like this has chosen a different and unique way to open their film. I thought they might have have show a sick girl in bed with her family around her or her just laying in a hospital bed thinking of the days before her disease.The characters also suit the genre as it is a family drama. None of the characters are over dreesed or look out of place.