Conventions of comedy

CONVENTIONS OF FILM COMEDY

By Michael Compton & Joshua Paterson

D.I.S.T.I.N.C.T

Don’t

Ignore

Setting

Technical

Iconography

Narrative

Characterisation

Themes

SETTINGS

D

ependent on the type of comedy.

G

eneric places: Bright places, Towns, cities, Well populated areas.

T

een comedy: High schools, Small towns.

S

ocial comedy: Homes, Bars.

TECHNICAL CODE

C

amera is very natural and goes along with the characters.

Can do high shots to capture the whole environment.

M

edium shots to catch all of the characters expressions.

E

diting sounds to add humour

ICONOGRAPHY

B

right colours, blue and yellow are used often

L

ighting is often bright, shot during day time

P

rops include footballs, golf clubs etc. high chance of

comedic use.

ICONOGRAPHY

CHARACTER TYPES

I

diots, very stupid, very accident prone

S

mart people, socially awkward

R

egular people, accidents occur around them. They

can be sarcastic.

CHARACTER TYPES

THEMES

A

narchic comedy

G

ross-out

P

arody

R

omantic comedy

S

crewball comedy

S

lapstick

THEMES