Atonement - Genre

Genre - Is a system of classification where by texts are categorised by the attributes they share.
Atonement is mostly classified as a 'period drama'.
It has also been called a Romance.
Genre Conventions:

-Narratvie events
Diivorce ( the cousin's parents) this is unconventional to a period drama, Tension between lovers, this is conventional, party preporations and teen rivalry.
-Audio / technical codes
Typewriter, classical music, soundFX under water - or the bee is louder than usual
slow moving and establishing shots.
-Characterisation
Formal conversation, class differences, money, unconventionally, Cecealia - a woman is a dominant character
-Setting
big country house, beautiful garden, wooden interior
-Iconography
The font used for typewriting, Cecealia's haircut (same throughout all stages of film) cigarettes - v 1930s, the vase and Doll's house - being the same as the big house.
-Themes
Social class, binary opposition, love, war and social mobility.
-Mise-En-Scene
Clothing & costume, natural lighting - almost over exposed, stereotpyes within class, carefully constructed frames.