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1. Superbad
This film stars Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher
Mintz-Plasse and Emma Stone. It was directed by Greg
Mottola, produced by Columbia Pictures in 2006/07 and
released on the 14th of September 2007 (UK) .
Two high school best friends Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan
(Michael Cera) go on a mission to provide alcohol for a
graduation party in hopes of losing their virginity. After
facing the fact that both Seth and Evan will both be going
to different colleges next year, it seems more important
than ever that they go to a high school party, and achieve
some of their long time goals. The main goal is losing their
virginity with the girl of their dreams by getting them
wasted. Their awkward friend Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) gets a fake ID, with name
McLovin. He then agrees to get alcohol to bring to Jules' (Emma Stone) graduation party;
Jules is Seth’s dream girl. Everything goes well until McLovin is punched in the shop by a
robber as he is paying for the drinks. When the police come, they try to get a story out of
the clerk, but she is too worried about her exam she has the next day, so they question
McLovin and offer to give a ride home. This ride home turns into a night out getting drunk,
arresting people and shooting anything they see. Seth and Evan are then left to find some
alcohol at a house party because Fogell has all the money and the fake ID. They get into a
fight at the house party and end up running away and bumping into the police car what
Fogell and his fellow police officer friends. They all run away from the police and finally
arrive at Jules’ with some of the alcohol from the shop that Fogell managed to keep. After
trying to get Jules drunk, Seth gets told that Jules doesn’t drink and Evan decides not to go
ahead with it as his dream girl is sick, but Fogell is caught in bed with a girl by his police
friends. By the next morning all the boy’s realise that it is better to confront the girl and ask
her out when you’re sober. The two dream girls, Seth and Evan bump into each other at the
mall and the boys go off with their dream girls to do some shopping.
Pineapple Express
This film stars Seth Rogan, James Franco, Danny McBride
and Craig Robinson. It was directed by David Gordon Green,
produced by Columbia Pictures in 2007 and released on 12th
of September 2008.
Dale Denton (Seth Rogan) is a court-process clerk, smokes
cannabis every day. He visits his dealer Saul Silver (James
Franco) to purchase cannabis, but specifically a rare new

2. strain called Pineapple Express. On the way to his dealer, Dale becomes the only witness to
a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord. He panics and dumps
his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene of the murder. This then becomes another
reason for Dale to visit Saul and to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back
to him, it turns out that it is that rare. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly
discover that they're not suffering from cannabis fuelled paranoia, there really are the
dangerous dealers after them and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both.
After being on the run, they get caught later and brought to a barn. They do escape and
celebrate their freedom in a nearby café and get picked up by Saul’s grandma.
This is the end
This film stars Seth Rogan, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay
Baruchel, Danny McBride and Craig Robinson. It was
directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogan, produced by
Columbia pictures in 2012 and released on the 28th of
June 2013.
Jay Baruchel comes down to LA to spend time with one of
his best friends, Seth Rogen. They plan to have a wild
time, partying for the time that Jay is there. At the same
day he arrives, James Franco invites them both to his
house warming party. Jay doesn’t like Seth spending time
with anyone else and decides to go for a walk with him to
the shop. While they are in there is a huge earthquake,
the Rapture hits and the Biblical Apocalypse has begun.
Jay and Seth run back to James’ house to find other
friends falling down a huge black hole that appeared in the garden. Jay, Seth, Jonah and
Craig are the only people left in James’s house. They desperately shelter themselves and
rescue a few other friends along the way. Together they work out a way must attempt to
survive the end of the world, only for Jay to find that they are all too dumb and superficial to
do it until they discover the only way out.
There are a few elements that attract me to the comedy genre of film. One of the factors is
the story; I enjoy how unrealistic the storyline of comedy films although, I have read that
the story of Superbad was based on a true story of one of the directors and Seth Rogan, so
this attracts my attention even more. This is because it’s enjoyable to share someone’s
embarrassing, adventurous experiences whether it is in a real life situation or through a film.
Although I do find comedy films appealing even if they’re not based on a true story. The
main factor of why comedy films appeal to me is because of the actors that star in the films,
especially my three choices of films. Seth Rogan, Jonah Hill or James Franco all star in at

3. least one of my chosen film. These actors are all very popular and have starred in a lot of
comedy films. So this is definitely one of the main reasons the films appealed to me and
attracted me in to watch them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEFWgvBNYsY – Superbad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2TJwZ7e-mE – Pineapple Express
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmSSPs5WwIc – This Is the End
The first film (Superbad) is film is set in a teen comedy so is set in a high school, where it is
bright and well populated. The large majority of teen films are set in these same settings
also. The characters in this Seth, Evan and Fogal are very socially awkward, quite naive
teenagers. Both of last two films (Pineapple Express and This is the End) are very similar and
follow the same codes and conventions. Although they are set in completely different areas
for example, Pineapple Express is set in multiple settings from houses to the streets and This
is the End is set mostly in a house, the film is very claustrophobic. The conventions that all
these films do follow is that the film occurs in social places where there is a welcoming
atmosphere. All three films are structured following the three act linear structure, which
means it structured from the inciting incident, to the rising action and the final
denouement. There is no narration but the films do create some enigma when building up
to the main events throughout. Most comedy follow the same codes and conventions. For
example in this film, the camera is very natural and follows the characters around, using a
different range of shots from wide to close ups which will capture all of the different
characters expressions. Diegetic sounds are used to create a more realistic feel for the
audience watching. Some iconography is used in comedies, the mise en scene and setting
are two of the main elements that stand out.
I find out about new films and all the information i need to know on social networking sites
such as facebook, instagram but the main one is twitter. I find out about all of this from
either advertisements from the producers or the cast of a film. It is a benefit to be aware of
the media that surrounds us. Our society thrives on media so being media literate is
important. Being “media literate” means that you understand how the media works and
know the real messages of things. I’ve become more media literate by looking and reading
deeper into the surrounding media. Learning about the process and conventions of all of it
gives you more of a critical eye because you know how things are being produced. Studying
media in college also helps as the skills we have learnt or are learning makes us question
things when we watch TV or films.
The way we react to films is based on our age, gender, ethnicity, social class, culture,
personal history and even your political outlook. For example, i enjoy watching comedy
films because i am 17 years old, female and hang around with friends a lot. people my age

4. can relate to some of the embarrassing, funny and memorable experience that the audience
encounter when watching the films, especially teen comedies.
There aren’t many forms of fandom for my chosen genre. There are people on the internet
who will write fanfiction ‘make believe stories’ for certain actors that star in comedy films. I
have never came across a conventions for comedy films as i think they only provide for
other film genres such as sci-fi and fantasy. There are a lot of facebook groups and pages
that fans can follow and can take part in discussions about certain comedians and actors.
Marketing campaigns always meet my expectations, either with trailers, posters or
billboards. There have been a few times where the actual film has not met my expectations
but the marketing campaign has. For example, last year i went to watch a film named “A
Walk Among The Tombstones” with my college class, we all voted for the film after
watching the trailer but after watching it we were all disappointed. i think this is because all
of the funny, interesting parts in the film get put into the trailer to anchor you to watch
them, but after watching it there isn’t anything good to look forward to.