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GENRE RESEARCH
By Uzair Babar
ROMANTIC COMEDYComedic entertainment consists of scenes full of humour and ironic sketches,
intended to make the audience laugh. However, romantic comedies include
light hearted, comical films which are usually based around the romanticism.
Usually romantic comedies are split in two sub-groups; the comedian-led film
which has one-liners and various sketches or the hilarious comedy films with a
well-structured narrative.
The ‘Romantic Comedy’ genre is very similar to Comedy but also popular
within the film industry. Targeted usually at couples and most women around
the ages from 25-35 but also teenagers from 13-18. A romantic comedy is a
sub-genre for comedy and has been tweaked where a romantic plot occurs but
is conveyed in a certain comedic way. For these kind of films, they are
frequently divided into three stages such as:
The masculine male and female meet in a loving way, but something breaks
them up. As the film goes on and shows their troubles/worries they soon realise
they were meant for each other and get back together towards the end
somehow or another.
CODES & CONVENTIONS OF ROMANIC COMEDIES
Mostly the romantic comedies finish with a positive, happy ending where as these days the
industries have started ending films realistically as it can create tension for the audience or
ends the way they saw it. But many think they can be exaggerated at times which makes the
comedy, instead the realism is used by some directors and producers, to show the audience
something they may have not imagined.
A romantic comedy without a doubt includes love and fate at times which help the plot in the
story and the characters. Some other themes that also can be linked are tragedy or loss, the
main character in these kind of films are seen to be opposite with the social status, families,
personality etc. both characters must be able to fight the problem somehow together but are
both likeable characters by the audience who some relate to during the film depending on their
behaviour or can sympathise with which links to their personal life.
Certain parts in the film are shown to use lighting and sound/music with a slow, steady lyricist
which can then reflect on the mood and atmosphere at the time. Dark lighting is never usually
used in romantic comedies because they are quite dull, boring and can be seen to make the
mood change. Hence the reason why some films have pop songs or hip hop to bond with the
audience as they would already heard or like the song which changes their mood again.
However, this must be linked with the scene and mood or the narrative of the film would
contrast one another.