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The genre of romantic comedies began in the early 1930s with films like Trouble in Paradise, building on conventions from Shakespearean comedies featuring romance plots. Typical rom-coms follow a "meet cute" structure where the future couple meets awkwardly or amusingly at the start and their romance develops over the film. In the 1990s, rom-coms took a new direction with films like When Harry Met Sally featuring more sexually charged narratives. Modern studios now experiment with sub-genres and complex topics while maintaining the typical happy ending.
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This document outlines various concepts for comedy film trailers, including common comedy genres like romantic comedies, sitcoms, and animation. It discusses typical props, characters, and settings used in comedy films, such as normal clothing, groups of friends, and cities. Finally, it provides two potential storyline ideas - one about a group of young men maturing and reconciling their past actions, and another about friends who discover time travel and cause trouble changing history.
Production concepts
This document provides examples of different comedy film genres and concepts for comedy trailers. It lists common romance comedy, sitcom, animation, cringe comedy, spoof, and sketch film titles. It then discusses props, costumes, character types, and common comedy settings that could be depicted. Finally, it proposes two potential comedy storyline ideas - one about young men maturing from school bullies and the other about friends who time travel and alter history.
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The document provides background information on William Shakespeare and his famous play Romeo and Juliet. It summarizes the plot of the play, which is about two young lovers from feuding families in Verona who fall in love but face conflicts that ultimately lead to their tragic deaths. It also outlines some of the key characters, themes, settings, and Shakespeare's writing style in the play.
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The document discusses conventions of romantic comedy films. It notes that one of the earliest rom-coms was a 1924 silent film called "Girl Shy" about a shy man who writes a book on how to find a girlfriend. Common rom-com settings include urban locations, weddings, small towns, workplaces, and schools. Typical characters are families, heartbreakers, unpopular protagonists, couples, and kids. Common narratives involve couples falling apart and reuniting, enemies becoming lovers, or one-night stands turning into relationships. Cinematography in rom-coms uses eye-level shots and shot/reverse shot to emphasize conversations and reactions. Costumes are stylish but basic to seem relat
Genre Analysis Romance
Romance films often explore themes of love at first sight and forbidden love. They serve as fantasies for viewers and involve affectionate romantic relationships. Romance films face obstacles like family disapproval. Chick flicks target women and contain themes of love and dating. Subgenres include romantic dramas about love overcoming obstacles and comedies where humor helps true love succeed. Breakfast at Tiffany's is considered an early chick flick due to its themes of loneliness and materialism. Safe Haven was a financially successful 2013 adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel that was panned by critics.
Genre
The document discusses the genre of romance films, including both typical and non-typical conventions. Typical conventions include a happy ending, the protagonists meeting by accident and meeting again, interfering family members, and the love story taking priority. Non-typical conventions are seen in films like Titanic, which has an unconventional ending, and Love Happens, where the protagonists are not looking for love. The genre has evolved over time as audiences and technology have changed. Newer romances may incorporate elements from other genres.
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This document provides a history of teen comedy films from the 1950s to the 2000s. It describes some of the earliest examples of the genre from the 1950s including The Wild One and Rebel Without a Cause. It then outlines conventions of typical teen comedy films including common character archetypes and settings. The document concludes with brief descriptions of some influential teen comedy films from each decade to show the evolution of the genre over time.
Genre Analysis Romance
Romance films often explore themes of love at first sight, forbidden love, and overcoming obstacles to be with the one you love. They serve as an escape for viewers and typically involve the main characters declaring their love and finding happiness together. Common subgenres include romantic dramas, comedies, and thrillers. The target audience is usually females ages 14 and up who enjoy seeing an attractive male lead sweep the female lead off her feet. Examples of popular romance films discussed in the document are Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Safe Haven (2013).
Genre research task
The document discusses conventions of romantic comedies (romcoms) including meet cutes, obstacles between the protagonists, upbeat music and happy endings. It then provides summaries of 3 romcom movies: Made of Honor, A Cinderella Story, and Friends With Benefits. The summaries highlight how each movie does or does not follow conventions such as introducing the protagonists, using narration, typography and targeting teenage audiences.
Soap opera conventions
British soap operas tend to focus on social realism and presenting realistic stories about ordinary lives, communities, and social issues. They typically have identifiable, localized settings and feature central community hubs where characters interact. Soap operas maintain long-running, open-ended storylines between large casts of characters that serve as vehicles for moving plots forward and for audiences to relate to. Storylines frequently involve domestic themes, personal crises, and controversial contemporary issues to keep the shows relevant while also maintaining drama and entertainment value.
Comedy genre analysis
Comedy films aim to create humor through exaggerated situations and events that are unusual or abnormal. Some of the earliest films were comedies, showing it is one of the oldest film genres. While most comedies have happy endings, black comedies emerged in the 1960s dealing with darker topics like death and sexuality through films like Dr. Strangelove. Comedy can be combined with other genres to create subgenres like action comedy, comedy horror, and romantic comedy.
Rom-Com
1) Romantic comedies, or rom-coms, are lighthearted films that focus on themes of true love overcoming obstacles.
2) Key elements of rom-coms include the main characters meeting and initially having fun, before a problem arises that strains their relationship. This is typically followed by one character trying to prove their love to win the other back.
3) Some of the most popular and financially successful rom-coms are Pretty Woman, When Harry Met Sally, and Sleepless in Seattle. Pretty Woman in particular was very profitable and is considered highly influential in the genre.
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- 2. The genre of rom-coms really started in the early 1930’s with the release of Trouble in Paradise in 1932, however the concept of romantic comedies really began with Shakespeare adding humour to the typical romance plays eg. Midsummer Nights Dream and Romeo and Juliet. From then on the typical ‘meet cute’ style rom-coms continued with the future couples paths meeting at the beginning of the film in an awkward or amusing situation and then the romance developing throughout the rest of the movie. However in the 1990’s, the genre took a new direction with the amusing but quite dormant romances of previous rom-coms being replaced with more sexually charged narratives such as that of ‘When Harry Met Sally’ in 1989. More modern film studios have started to break the typical conventions of the rom-coms and venture into sub-genres and complex topics, examples of which include one night stands, pregnancy’s, or failed marriages however all are taken light-heartedly and usually have a happy ending.
- 3. Rom-Com Conventions ‘Boy meets girl’ Inevitable/predictable ending Centered around female character Two Protagonists Humour Familiar Soundtrack Urban Environment Winter Setting Colour themes Red/white/pink Light-hearted Tone Familiar Soundtrack
- 5. Social GroupSocial Group • Mainly female • Young eg. 16-40 • As most are set in urban cities of America or UK, they most appeal to English speaking countries eg. USA, UK, Australia Audience MotivesAudience Motives • To be entertained – the genre is comical and therefore makes the audience laugh • To find humour in an experience similar to their own • Media GroupMedia Group • Romantic novel or comedy reader • Prefers light-hearted narratives • May watch sit-coms eg. Friends, Sex and the City •
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