The document discusses the genre research conducted by the filmmakers for their romcom short film. They watched several short films in the romcom genre such as "Dinner Date" to understand conventions of the genre. They also watched films like "10 Things I Hate About You" and "Along Came Polly" to analyze character archetypes and story structures involving a less popular male lead winning over a more popular female lead. While not a romcom, they also drew from the characters in "Twilight" to help develop traits for the shy male and popular female leads in their own short film.