conventions of comedy
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Similar Products - The Conventions of
Comedy
By Shaquile Doyle
Settings
Technical Code
Iconography
Character Types
Themes
The setting depends on which type of comedy the film is. Generic places: Towns, Village, cities, well populated areas Social Comedy: Houses, Pubs/Bars, City centre Teen comedy: Schools/Colleges/University and small towns/villages
Settings
The camera is very natural and goes along with the characters. High shots are used to capture the whole environment.
Medium shots are used to catch all of the characters expressions
Sounds are edited to add humour
Technical Code
Bright colours such as blue and yellow are often used Lighting is usually bright and shot during day time Props include things that have a high chance of comedic
use e.g. footballs, golf clubs etc
Iconography
People that are stupid and accident prone e.g Homer Simpson Also smart people who are socially awkward e.g Sheldon Cooper Regular people, accidents occur around them. They can be sarcastic
Character Types
Slapstick Screwball Romantic Parody Gross-out Anarchic
Themes
For setting we will film the beginning in a boys bedroom and then move to a school.
When filming we will use a range of close-ups to capture characters expressions
We will use props for comedic value such as a razor cutting our character whilst shaving
Our character will be smart but socially awkward We will be doing an anarchic comedy with
influences of films such as napoleon dynamite and american pie
How we will use comedic conventions