G321 - The reason we chose the genre we did - Romantic Comedy

Our group chose to make a romantic comedy for a few reasons. One reason was that it would be a contrast to both our preliminary task (horror) and our opening re-make (psychological thriller). Making an opening that is contrasting to what we have already done will not only challenge us but give us experience in different genres. After our previous two projects were very serious/intense it would be a nice change to do something a lot more light hearted. We also found it a lot easier to come up with story lines for a Rom-Com compared to if we were to write a psychological thriller.
We were given a target audience when deciding on which genre we wanted to do (Males aged 15 - 25). We thought that writing and filming a Romantic comedy aimed at males aged between 15 and 25 would be interesting and a challenge as that is not the usual target audience for a Rom-Com. This means we will have to consider certain themes, types of humor and appealing characters for the male audiences.

Also, there are a lot of generic conventions used in romantic comedies, which would be easy for us to include in our opening. These are things such as; male and female lead characters and many situations which are relatable to the audience (such as a basic/familiar setting and romantic situations). We have easy access to locations and props which are relatable (like kitchens, bedrooms etc.) and the characters would be easy to find actors to play. If we had chosen a more complicated genre such as a sci-fi or supernatural, it would be very hard to include generic conventions as those are things such as other planets, advanced technology, ghosts/monsters, special effects & prosthetics/costumes etc.

e.g below is screenshot from a romantic comedy (Pretty Woman). There is a main male and a main female character and both are in a basic setting of a house/. This is the type of shot that would be very easy to create)




Katie Pridige