Genre Research: Comedy


Common CAMS in Comedy Genre

·         Zooming in really, really far

·         Zooming out really, really far

·         When the camera stays still even though the action left the screen, like when someone walks off screen but the shot doesn’t move and then they walk back across the screen to the other side

·         Moving the camera slowly to show something funny – it stays on the shot longer and then reveals what the character has already seen

·         Identical shots from two different parts of the film to create a funny comparison

·         The camera gets hit by something in the movie

·         Quickly zooming in even though the camera stays still

·         Positioning the camera to create a difference in size between two subjects or to only show part of a scene

·         The character talks directly to the camera and tells them to look somewhere – and the camera moves that way

 

Common CLAMPS in Comedy Genre

·         There is often some humiliating action that happens in a comedy to make the audience laugh

·         They often use funny wording and create uncomfortable situations with the acting and setting

·         The acting sometimes includes violence for laughs or jokes about farts and grossed out humor

·         They often use deadpan delivery – when someone says something very funny with a straight face

 

Common Editing in comedy genre

·         Very quick edits between scenes that move things along quickly

·         Slow edits that allow the camera scene to unfold

 

Common sound in comedy genre

·         They often pipe in applause to comedies

·         Sometimes there are body sounds, like farts or burps

·         Overly loud background noises

 

Example films of comedy genre

·         Spaceballs

·         Airplane!

·         Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

·         Tommy Boy

 

What are elements of the genre that you like?

·         It’s funny

·         The script is often very smart, so it makes you think

 

What elements of the genre do not appeal to you?

·         Sometimes the fart humor is too much

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