Why Did We Choose a Comedy?

Why did we Choose A Comedy?


Comedy films tend to be really successful, and when making a trailer for them we just have to include some of the funniest scenes within the film, as well as still setting up a vague storyline.


Definition Of A Comedy film : is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences. The comedy genre humorously exaggerate situations, the way of speaking, the action and characters.

When reaseaching we found out that there are a number of different types of comedy films:

Action comedy

Films in this sub-genre blend comic antics and action where the film stars combine wit and one-liners with a thrilling plot and daring stunts. The genre became a specific draw in North America in the eighties when comedians such as Eddie Murphy started taking more action oriented roles such as in Beverly Hills Cop. These type of films are often buddy films, with mismatched partners such as in Rush Hour, Bad Boys, and Hot Fuzz.

Slapstick martial arts films became a mainstay of Hong Kong action cinema through the work of Jackie Chan among others. It may also focus on superheroes such as The Incredibles, Hancock or Kick-Ass.

Comedy horror

Comedy horror is a type of horror film in which the usual dark themes are treated with a humorous approach. These films are either use goofy horror clichés such as in The Old Dark House, Young Frankenstein, Little Shop of Horrors, Haunted Mansion and Scary Movie where campy styles are favoured. Some are much more subtle and don't parody horror, such as Shaun of the Dead.

Fantasy comedy

Fantasy comedy films are types of films that uses magic, supernatural and or mythological figures for comic purposes. Most fantasy comedy includes an element of parody, or satire, turning many of the fantasy conventions on their head such as the hero becoming a cowardly fool, the princess being a klutz. Examples of these films include Being John Malkovich, The Princess Bride, Night at the Museum, Groundhog Day, Click and Shrek.

Black comedy

Much like comedy-horror, black comedy, or dark comedy, is a type of comedy film that often uses cruelty as the source of humour. Most black comedies involve crime or other intense moments like average school/workplace bullying. Some examples of these films include The Cable Guy, Ruthless People and Dr. Strangelove.

Sci-fi comedy

Sci-fi comedy films, like most hybrid genre of comedy use the elements of science fiction films to over the top extremes and exaggerated science fiction stereotypical characters. Popular examples of these types of films include Back to the Future, Spaceballs, Ghostbusters, Evolution, Innerspace, Galaxy Quest, Mars Attacks! and Men in Black.

Although most comedy films are very successful, there are problems with making a comedy, just like any other genre would in cure. 

• Initially comedy seems to be a very easy genre to deal with, most people like ‘amusing’ films, however, one person’s sense of humour is another person’s misery.

• We would a need a strong team of actors to portray the jokes we have.
• Some humour is taken within the wrong context.
• If the quality of the script is poor, then the comedy wont work.

After weighting out the pros and cons we decided to go forth and pursue comedy. Because with a comedy you either get it right or you don't. Our target audience for the film is 15-25. Because we all fall under this category, we will use things that we ourselves find funny to lure in our audience.