Romantic Comedy- My Favorite Genre

Before going any further with my ideas a want to look at what makes a romantic comedy, This is what the internet came out with "Romantic comedy films are movies with light-hearted, humorous plot lines, centred on romantic ideals such as a true love able to surmount most obstacles." I feel that my plot line is light hearted because of the way it is completely made up, no one would completely plan their wedding without a man, even though some women go to the extremes of buying a dress and having their own wedding fantasy it would be very strange for someone to actually do this. It has a humorous plot line and is centred around true love- or a lack of it! And even thought it is not shown in the trailer in the film Emma surmounts most obstacles and comes out a stronger woman at the end. B x

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Characters
Romantic-comedies are known to have stereotypical characters, as this is part of the comedy aspect, as far as characters go there is;
The Woman;
“unlucky-in-love” they are usually desperate for a husband, wanting the dream wedding and wanting to fall in love. They are quiet often in “love” with someone who they cannot be with because either their best friend is married to them or it is their boss, or another influential man in their life. They go through the heartbreak of them being with another woman, and they eventually realise they are not in love with that man, but the man who has been right there all the time, usually the best friend.
The Man;
This is the man that the woman (above) lusts for, he is influential. Handsome, and completely unaware of her love for him, he thinks she is just caring. He only becomes aware of the situation towards the end of the film- but usually after she has realised she doesn’t love him.