After completing the research on the horror genre which seemed to gain the most appraisal, I decided the next genre should be comedy, as most people enjoy it. The first thing I wanted to decide on was if this genre would be suitable for this task, and whether we would be able to incorporate enough filming techniques and editing without taking away from the on screen action.
I looked at several films, including 'Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World' and 'Zoolander'. These films helped me to outline the conventions of the comedy genre, and it seems that the most used one is the use of editing and camera work. By this, I mean everything within a comedy film is dynamic in one way or another, which causes the jokes to flow more easily. For example, in Scott Pilgrim, the editing is fast and fluent, meaning that a lot of the comedy is slapstick, being physically portrayed. Most of this slapstick humour comes from comic fights, or silly mistakes made by the characters, and runs through most comedy films. For the most part, the comedy is not overly intelligent, but rather quite obvious, which makes this genre perfect for an audience looking to relax. A conventional comedy will have a hopeless situation which is entirely ridiculous to have gotten into, coupled with at least one character with very little or no common sense to solve such situations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwazeNdKBiw- Zoolander. This shows that the camera does not stay still at all, even when the scene is relaxed. This would sub consciously help the comedy to flow more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1qaLmfzW3I&feature=fvst - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. This shows that the comedy is achieved by using fast paced editing, and quite interesting non-diagetic sound techniques.
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