Setting
The settings in romantic films are always represented as being the ideal, picture perfect world that everyone wants to live in. Using beautiful wide open spaces, or glamorous cityscapes, or large modern houses in the suburbs it helps to represent the world of the romantic film as something to be desired by the audience.
Events
The events in romantic films would generally not be considered as that important in the real world, however the way the film dramatises the events helps to represent these events as being the most important things in the world. For example they way in which romantic films represent the formation of the relationship usually leaves the audience in the mindset that the characters will live happily ever after and get married and that will be the most important relationship they will ever have, when in reality this is an unrealistic outcome and it's most likely that the characters may in fact break up.
Characters - Gender Stereotypes
Generally in romantic films women are represented as vulnerable and emotional, and men are portrayed as strong and independent; the thing to be desired and sought out by the woman. However in recent years this has seemed to change in such films as 500 Days of Summer in which the sensitive man is pursuing the strong confident woman. This is most likely due to the fact that over the years woman have gained more dominance in the world and also taste in men has changed from wanting the strong, manly man to wanting the more sensitive and caring guy.
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