Romantic comedies are usually made up of a man and a woman and we are shown their two lives seperatley and how it leads to them meeting and falling in love. In some of them they typically seperate and re-unite to have a happy ending, whereas others vary. In most romantic comedies we are given clues or little hints as to what is going to happen, this keeps the audience involved and keen to carry on watching. Some newer romantic comedies, like Knocked Up, are becoming more of Bromcom's (Bro's Romantic Comedies) than Romcoms. This is because they are combining romantic comedies with stoner comedies, which means they appeal to both men and women, where usual romantic comedies appeal to just mainly women.
Even since the Ancient Greek times, comedies have incorporated sexual and social elements. However in the 1960's this genre faded and it wasnt until When Harry Met Sally was released in 1989 and become a huge success that romantic comedies built it's way back up in the mid -1990's.
Some romantic comedies we came across were:
Fun in Acapulco
When Harry Met Sally
Down With Love
Breakfast at TiffanysFrom looking at other romantic comedy films opening sequences we have picked out things that occur in a majority of them. For example the music is always quite upbeat and bubbly. The lighting is always natural or bright, never dark or dull. We are also always shown either the male or females life or both. So for our opening sequence we have made sure we use conventions like these so it makes our genre more obvious and so our audience understand what is happening.
I think romantic comedies are quite a popular choice of film genre as they are appealing more and more to both and men and women, giving them a wider range of audiences, meaning that the demand for romantic comedies will continuely grow.
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