The document analyzes common scenes in romantic comedies where the lead character discusses another character, usually a love interest, with friends or a boss. These scenes often take place in stereotypical locations like bars for discussions with friends or offices for discussions with bosses. However, some films break stereotypes by showing the discussions in less expected places or by making the friends or boss characters less stereotypical. The document concludes by stating the importance of including both common scenes in a movie trailer but aiming to break stereotypes in how they are portrayed.

2. There is often a scene between the lead
character and their friends to discuss
the other lead character, usually a
love interest. The following slides will
analyse the locations of these scenes

3. • Shows a 27 Dresses
(2008)
stereotypical aspect
of possibly non-
stereotypical What
female Happens
in Vegas
• Shows her as part of (2008)
a group
• Shows her as caring How to
Lose a
about her Guy in 10
health/appearance Days
(2003)

4. • Hitch (2005) shows this scene in a
bar
• This may be because the lead is
quite unstereotypical, and a bar is
the opposite of health
Hitch (2005)
• Confessions of a Shopaholic
(2009) shows it in the shared
apartment of the two characters,
however this may be due to the
theme of money in the film (can’t
afford to go elsewhere)
• These two lead characters are Confessions of a
more unstereotypical than the Shopaholic (2008)
others

5. • The Ugly Truth (2008)
shows this scene in
the workplace, with
the lead characters
assistant, as the lead
is portrayed as very
unstereotypical in The Ugly Truth (2008)
this, so we don’t see
a group of friends

6. The lead character isn’t
always female, sometimes
the film is mainly (or half and
half) from a males point of
view.
Therefore this friendship scene Made of Honour (2008)
is with the male and his
friends, as a group of friends
is more unstereotypical for
males, the locations for
these are usually very
What Happens in Vegas (2008)
‘manly’, for example: sport.

7. Another common scene is a scene with
the boss of the lead character, usually
in an office and discussing some sort of
promotion. In the next few slides I shall
analyse the character of the boss.

8. • Stereotypically, a boss is
older and male, and
these two things
represent power.
The Ugly Truth (2008)
• Both characters to the
right have grey hair and
look older than anyone
else in the shot
• Being juxtaposed next to
younger characters, also How to Lose a Guy in
emphasises this 10 Days (2003)

9. • In How to Lose a Guy in 10
Days, we see the bosses of
both the lead female and
male. The gender of these
characters reflect the
gender of who’s boss they
are.
• For example, the lead
female, Andie, works at a
women’s magazine and
has a female boss (top
image), Ben, the lead
male, works at a Sport
magazine and has a male
boss (bottom image)

10. • Incorporated into storyline
as a love interest, less likely
to have ‘promotion scene’
• Same age as lead Confessions of a
Shopaholic (2008)
character-
• May be the opposing lead
character- making this
character predominantly
male 27 Dresses (2008)
• Ultimate goal to please him

11. • From this, I have concluded to have
both these scenes present in my trailer
• The friend scene with a health theme-
to conform to stereotype
• The boss as younger, however, not as
main character or love interest, but still
a goal- which breaks the stereotype