Having now decided that we are going to focus on the Romantic-Comedy genre, I have decided to reseach into the history of the genre and some of the typical conventions and plotlines of the genre. This is to make me more familiar with the genre itself and how we should go about creating a film opening of this genre.
Since Ancient Greece, comedies had often involved sexual or social elements to them and it wasn’t until the Western Medieval period that there was the creation of romantic love and involving these situations in productions. This was when tales and adventures would involve a knight's battle’s on behalf of a lady, and so the modern themes of love were quickly woven into comedies introducing the idea of romance rather than heroic gestures.
Conventions of a Romantic Comedy
On a more modern basis, romantic comedy films involve light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as a true love able to overcome most obstacles. It is common that rom-com’s will have elements of screwball comedies which are more unconventional and behave in unexpected ways. The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two protagonists, usually a man and a woman, meet, part ways due to an argument or other obstacle, then ultimately reunite. While the two protagonists are separated, one or both of them usually realizes that they are ideal for each other, or that they are in love with each other. Then, after one of the two makes some spectacular effort to find the other person and declare their love, or due to an astonishing coincidental encounter, the two meet again. Then, perhaps with some comic friction or awkwardness, they declare their love for each other and the film ends happily. The couple does not, however, have to marry, or live together "happily ever after". The ending of a romantic comedy is meant to affirm the primary importance of the love relationship in its protagonists' lives, even if they physically separate in the end.
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