4. HISTORY OF COMEDY:
• Comic films began to appear in significant numbers during the
era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of
many of these silent films relied on slapstick and burlesque. A
very early comedy short was Watering the Gardener (1895) by
the Lumière brothers. In American film, the most prominent
comic actors of the silent era were Charlie Chaplin (although
born in England, his success was principally in the U.S.), Buster
Keaton and Harold Lloyd. In his native France and throughout
the world, Max Linder was a major comic feature and might
qualify as the first true film star.
• A popular trend during the 1920s and afterward was comedy
in the form of animated cartoons. Several popular characters
of the period received the cartoon treatment. Among these
were Felix the Cat, Mickey Mouse, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit,
and Betty Boop.
5. TOP 10 COMEDIES IN THE
LAST DECADE (IMBD):
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The Hangover (2009)
Team America: World Police (2004)
Superbad (2007)
Beerfest (2006)
Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies (2004)
Grandma's Boy (2006)
Super Troopers (2001)
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Scary Movie (2000)
6. WHO WILL ARE TARGET
AUDIENCE BE?
My group would like are target audience to be teenagers and
young adults. We have chosen this age range as we ourselves
are within this demographic therefore making it easier for us to
portray the codes and conventions of a comedy aimed at this
group.
Films we will analyse with the same target audience:
Project X (2012)
Super bad (2007)
Anuvahood (2011)