Me and My Movies

LOL (2012)

Director – Lisa Azuelos Producers – Loredana Mortensen Michael Shamberg Stacey Sher Tish CyrusStarring – Miley Cyrus Demi Moore Douglas Booth

In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, "accidentally" comes across and reads her teenage daughter's journal, she realises just how wide their communication gap has grown. Through hilarious and heartfelt moments between mother and daughter, LOL is a fresh coming-of-age story for modern times. 

500 Days of Summer (2009)An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her. He's Tom, from New Jersey, working in L.A. writing greeting cards even through he's an architect by training. She's Summer from Michigan. Day one is her first day in Tom's office. We jump back and forth in time: by day 67, they've become an item when she decides to put aside the lovemaking and just be friends. Tom, a romantic who's sure Summer is the one for him, wallows in self pity.

Director – Marc WebbProducers – Mason Novick Jessica Tuchinsky Mark Waters Steven J. Wolfe Scott G. HymanStarring – Joseph Gordon-Levitt Zooey Deschanel

Friends with Benefits (2011)Jamie is a New York head-hunter trying to sign Los Angeles-based Dylan for her client. When he takes the job and makes the move, they quickly become friends. Their friendship turns into a friendship with benefits, but with Jamie's emotionally damaged past and Dylan's history of being emotionally unavailable. While trying to avoid the clichés of Hollywood romantic comedies, Dylan and Jamie soon discover however that adding the act of sex to their friendship does lead to complications.

Director – Will Gluck Producers – Martin Shafer Liz Glotzer Jerry Zucker Janet Zucker Starring – Mila Kunis Justin Timberlake

Intertextuality

In the genre of rom com you always have the two main characters being a male and female who are love interests for one or the other. These characters then shape the storyline of the film. It always starts of calm then something occurs which disrupts the equilibrium. By the end of the film everything is back to being calm and the damaged equilibrium has been solved. The usual disruption in a rom com film is normally and argument or a break up which is resolved by making up and getting back together. It’s normally the girl who is left heat broken but when it comes to 500 days of summer they break the convention by making the male character the one that is heartbroken in the end.

Star TheoryWhen it comes to starts in the rom com genre you would usually see the same actor or actress in these type of films. This theory is used to sell the film through the actors or actress’ starring in it rather than the actual film. They would choose an actor or actress for how popular they are and how well they appeal to a wider audience. This can be shown in the rom com film, LOL which stars Miley Cyrus. She is seen as a big star for the target audience of young teenagers for this film so they audience will be able to relate to her better. As well as this, they would get a wider audience going to see the film just because she is it in not because they have an interest in the storyline. Another rom com film that this theory has been used in is new film, That Awkward Moment. This film stars actor Zac Efron who isn’t normally seen as the rom com type actor but the director of this film knows that the audience would want to see it just because he stars in it.

Frameworks of InterpretationThis part of the trailer shows the two main characters together. The way that they are lay close and smiling at each other shows the audience that this is a romance film.

This part of the Friends with Benefits trailer shows a sense of comedy. This can be seen through the two main characters of the film. The audience will be able to tell this is part of the comedy genre as her drawing on his face whilst he is asleep is seen as something funny.