The institutional logo (Colombia pictures) show first with a smooth jazz song playing in the background. This is also combined with a silhouette of the main characters (the people on the posters) dancing in a cheesy way with a colourful screen behind them.

They start to bump in each other while dancing, which adds a comedic element to the film from the start. It is also a very strong genre signifier which tells the audience that this is a comedy film.

This type of comedy is called slapstick comedy as they are creating humour from their action and how they move.

Also, the transition on the screenshot on the left is very rare in movies. However, comedy genres are known for breaking rules when it comes to film making.

Another thing I have noticed is the font is San Serif to give an informal to the film. From the first conversation, we can immediately see that the two people speaking are clearly

nerds who are trying to get girls, as the first one is driving a cheap bad car and speaking on a very cheap phone. Plus, he says that he did some research for next year and he figured out what website he wants to subscribe to. He says its called “the vagtastic boyage” and then mentions that it is a porn website which is the stereotype for a nerd that is desperately needs a girlfriend. (the age rating is 16 due to sexual reference).

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