Genre Conventions: Comedy

 

Camera angles:

·         Two shot

·         Tracking shot

·         High angle

·         Point of View shot

·         Close up

·         Over the shoulder shot

·         Three shot

Mis-en-Scened:

·         Bright costumes, colorful clothing

·         Happy bright lighting

·         Actors are funny and sarcastic

·         Heavy makeup to emphasize which characters are attractive and which are not

·         Funny props are used for comedic

·         Settings are in common, populated places

Editing:

·         jump cut

·         Insert zoom

Sound

·         Diegetic sound

·         Dialogue

·         Voiceover

Example Films of comedy films:

·         Ghostbusters Afterlife

·         He’s all that

·         Me, Myself, and Di

·         Afterlife of the Party

·         Home Sweet Home Alone

·         Clifford the Big Red Dog

Elements of the genre

I like the bright costumes that are used in comedic films. The bright costumes soften the blow for some potentially heavy hitting jokes. I don’t like the heavy makeup that would be required because it would not fit the drama that we are trying to convey. Although I would like to add a couple punchlines into the scenes.



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