Genres

After studying the different genres of film, I have decided I want to do a romantic comedy, based around a wedding.

I want to look at different styles of romantic comedy, becuase even if they are not based around a wedding they are good to get different ideas from.

1940- The Philedelphia Story -

I want to look at The Philedelphia Story because its is a "old" film, i can then see if i can take any ideas from the past. This film is black and white, because of the age. The actors have “proper” English outfits. The men act differently towards the women in the film, which also show the age of the film because now when you watch wedding films the woman usually end up the "strongest". Even though they are arguing their voices are never raised which also shows a change in society. He is poetic in the way he speaks. They talk about events that have happened in disgust, “you got drunk on champagne” this would now be a regular occurrence. It was interesting to see how romances were made in the 1940's but I do not think that i will use many ideas from it because of how much society and times have changed, the storyline etc ate no longer in the interest of the target audience.

1991- Father of the Bride-



Father of the Bride is still classed as an "old film" because it is 17 years old, but it still has more modern contempory issues in it, such as the Father who never wants his little girl to grow up and leave home. This clip shows a traditional American wedding, it is extravagant and we think it is going to run smoothly. We then see the Fathers worry, as there is a narrartion over the scene which i think is a good concept for a film, but i don't know where i could fit this in my trailerI like the shots that they have in the marrige, for example when you see the rings going onto her hand, i think i will use this idea in my clip, there are a few ideas that i will use in my film tariler although I will not have a wedding scene in my wedding because it will take up time and I will not have the resources.



2008- The Acidental Husband-


I now want to loook specificly at trailers, because i feel i will get more ideas from similar products rather than just film clips. The accidental husband is a film that was recently released, so i hope it will be modern enough for the audience i want my film aimed for.

Th main character is introducted by a single short clip of her, i like this idea because we can instantly see who she is, what her job is so we are learing about her right from the start. There is then a narration over the top of the film clips, i like the way they showed clips that didnt have a lot to do with what the narrator was saying. In true "rom-com" style there is a twist in the story towards the middle, and then the rest if the trailer was about this "twist" this is what i plan to do in my film trailer.

27 Dresses-


27 dresses is the film that inspired me to do a wedding film. Because it has such a big twist! The woman the film is about isn't the one getting married, just the hopeful bridesmaid. At the start of the film they have titles to introduce the the storyline, i think i will use this in my film, but rather than have any narrartion for the first few titles I will just have text. I am also considering my storyline and am now thinking of having a similar theme prehaps.