The comedy film genre belongs to the groups of films that evoke laughter/humor from the audience. 'Romantic Comedy' is the one of the most important category in cinema, and preferred by many. Romantic Comedy films fall into two main sub-groupings; the comedian-led film, structured through gags and sketches or the comedy situation film with a more reasoned narrative.

Romantic Comedy'- is a popular genre, targeted at women and couples, especially in the 25-35 age group and teenagers age from 13-18. A Romantic comedy is a hybrid genre where a romantic plot emerges and is shown in a comedic way. The film is broken down into three different parts for example:

-A Guy and girl see each other.

-Something happens which leads to a break up.

-As the film moves on they will realise they were meant to be together/try and get back together again and resolve there differences.

Most Romantic comedies end with a happy ending. However it is becoming

increasingly popular to end on a more real life ending. The audience

anticipates this because things work out the way we want them to. The

theme of a Romantic comedy is based on love and fate. These are the

themes that dominant in the plot. Other themes like tragedy or loss are

present in romantic comedy. The main characters are always made to be

opposites whether in social class, interest, personality etc; this is one of the

things they must tackle in order to stay together. The audience don’t take

any side of the two main characters, because they are introduced as

likeable people we can relate to or people we can sympathise and relate to

as the film goes on.

Lighting and soundtracks are specifically chosen to help reflect on the

meaning of the emotions used in certain parts of the film. We don’t find dark

lighting in romantic comedy films because it changes the mood of the film

making it dull and less cheerful. Songs like pop or hip pop are dominant in

romantic comedy as it’s aimed at audience who would already know the

songs. Soundtrack must always relate to what’s happening in the film as it

assists the storyline.

As we brainstormed ideas for our film we original decided doing something

that our target audience aged 12-28 can relate too. We decided this

relation will attract more viewers and with more viewers our the standard of

our film needed to be set to its highest ability. We wanted something to

relate to both sides of the gender which ultimately again will increase our

audience. This lead us to choose a concept which everyone can relate to

themselves especially the age group of 12 to 28 as many young couple find

themselves panicking on a date. We added the stereotypical habits of a

teenager to our actor Bob and Lara to be the cunning one making the boy

run around for her. We added both romance and comedy into our film as

romantic comedy is the most popular genre today.

Bridget Jones is a romantic

film about her becoming

uncomfortable in her

relationship with Mark Darcy.

Apart from discovering that

he's a conservative voter, she

has to deal with a new boss,

strange contractor, and the

worst vacation of her life.

Crazy Stupid Love is another

film we watch, however this

films about A middle-aged

husband's life changes

dramatically when his wife

asks him for a divorce. He

seeks to rediscover his

manhood with the help of a

newfound friend, Jacob,

learning to pick up girls at

bars

'Teen comedy' - often set in high school or a house party. It’s based around young sexual adventure and conflicts with the

law or parents.

'Social comedy' - 'situational comedies' based on the different class conflict.

'Gross-out comedy' – one of the most successful which could

involve different comedies such as romantic comedy but it involved more outrageous gags.