The document discusses the characteristics of comedy in film and television. Comedies typically use lighter colors and settings than crime dramas to create a more lighthearted atmosphere. They also employ facial expressions and body language to convey comedy rather than seriousness. Common comedic styles mentioned include cringe comedy involving embarrassment, black comedy dealing with disturbing topics, and spoof comedy that parodies other works. Characteristics of comedy noted are exaggeration, physical comedy involving pain or misfortune, portraying foolish characters, and insults.

1. Comedy

2. The comedic style includes light hearted plots and uses lighter
colours in respect of clothing and scenery than say a crime
drama. Even facial expressions and body language implies
comedic values where as crime dramas as you can tell by the
stills that it has a more serious atmosphere. The setting in ‘Top
Boy’ has a darker scenery and clothing and even in the still has a
slight low angle to imply power, compared to the still from ‘The
Inbetweeners Movie’ where the setting and clothing is much
lighter.
Comedic Style

3. • Cringe comedy – A comedy of embarrassment, in which
the humour comes from inappropriate actions or words;
usually popular in television shows and film, but
occasionally in stand-up as well
• Black Comedy – Deals with disturbing subjects such as
death, drugs, terrorism and war; can sometimes be related
to the horror movie genre.
• Spoof comedy – recreating a film or a book to make fun
of it.
Some Sub Genres of
Comedy

4. • In comedy everything is usually exaggerated more than it
needs to be, this increases how funny it actually is.
• There is usually physical comedy as people usually laugh
seeing other people in pain or misfortune.
• Can usually involve a fool or and idiot, such as Neil in
the Inbetweeners, watching someone with lower intellect
is usually found funny
• Some comedy can be based around insults.
Characteristics of
Comedy