Comedy conventions

Comedy:

Definition: Comedy is a genre of a film which focuses on humor

Narrative:

• Humorous
• Designed to make the audience laugh
• Light hearted drama made to entertain
• Main situation is normally exaggerated to create effect and meaning for the audience
• Generally have a happy ending
• Main plot is normally a situation in which the audience can relate to.

Characters:

• Sympathetic character
• Over exaggerated character
• The joker

Settings:

• Familiar surroundings that the audience can relate to or recognise
• Improbable settings
• Domestic settings

Sub-Genres:

• Romantic comedy
• Slapstick
• Black/ dark comedy
• Verbal comedy
• Musical comedy
• Teen/ coming of age comedy
• Word play
• Mockumentary
• Comedy thriller

Target audience:

For people who like to watch humourous situations and like to be amused.

Comedy Films:

• Hot Fuzz
• American Pie
• Dumb and Dumber
• Shrek