Sukru Agca AS Media: September 2014

GENRE

These classifications overlap, and most comedians can fit into multiple genres. For example, deadpan comics often fall into observational boom comedy, or into black comedy or blue comedy to contrast the morbidity or offensiveness of the joke with a lack of emotion.

Comedies are lighthearted plots deliberately designed to amuse and provoke laughter by exaggerating the situation, language, actions, relationships and characters.

I have done some research about the genre of Comedy and I have summarised the main points. This is the website I got the useful information from.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy

comedy sub- genres;

Slapstick- Slapstick comedy is a sub-genre of film that incorporates physical comedy into the story. Slapstick uses visual action, such as harmless violence and horseplay, to depict humor. Slapstick film often relies on comedic timing and a controlled psychical performance of a single actor or actress. Film example Tommy Boy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qv2UXD8H4k

Screwball- Slapstick was predominant in the earliest silent films, since they didn't need sound to be effective, and they were popular with non-English speaking audiences in metropolitan areas. The term slapstick was taken from the wooden sticks that clowns slapped together to promote audience applause. Film example, Bride of Chucky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YJ_ssMWn7o

Parodies- Parody/Spoof is a sub-genre of Comedy film that bases itself in reality. These films impersonate, ridicule, or scoff at serious situations and people. These films rely heavily on satire and can be used as a means of social or political commentary. Parody/Spoof films can also take the form in a fake documentary called a “Mockumentary.” film example The scary movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ldn2NixFDA

Romantic comedies- Romantic-Comedy is a genre that attempts to catch the viewer’s heart with the combination of love and humor. This sub-genre is light-hearted and usually places the two protagonists in humorus situation. Romantic-Comedy film revolves around a romantic ideal, such as true love. In the end, the ideal triumphs over the situation or obstacle, thus creating a happy ending. Film example roman holiday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdd3FunBZQY

Black comedy- Black Comedy is a sub-genre of both Comedy and Satire. These films often explore concepts and topics that are considered taboo. Black Comedy takes topics and situations that are commonly held as serious and explores them in a comical way. Because of this approach, Black Comedies often cause the audience to laugh and feel uncomfortable simultaneously. Film example Fargo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCZ-Zs3c8fc

Action Comedy- As it’s names suggests, this sub-genre combines action with humor. Action-Comedy relies on the characters to bring out the humor, while the action scenes tend to be less intense than in the traditional action movie. Film example Rush Hour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtVMOr6hJ3U

The Expendables.

http://youtu.be/95fpu3iA9pE

My favourite film opening is the expendables. The reasons why my favourite film opening is the expendables is because in the film opening when you watch it you can feel that the rest of the 2 hours is going to be absolutely great. The opening gives you the feeling of the genre you know that it is going to be a action film however the team is going on a mission that may be a one way ticket as the screen shots show they are all trying to rest to get there energy also in one of the screen shots one of the actor takes out a picture of there family and kisses the picture this suggests they are going to a very hard mission.

Also the expendables is my favourite film because it has a great cast and all the cast are the people I use to watch as a kid.