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Me & My MoviesGenre : Comedy

Joshua Whipday

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The Inbetweeners Movie• Director : Ben Palmer• Year of Production : 2011Friends Will McKenzie, Simon Cooper, Jay Cartwright and Neil Sutherland have finished their A-levels and are about to leave Rudge Park Comprehensive, much to the relief of Mr. Gilbert, their sardonic, mean sixth form tutor. Within their final week of school however, Jay's grandfather dies, Simon is dumped by his girlfriend Carli, and Will's divorced father tells him he has married his much younger mistress. The boys decide to go on holiday together and Neil books them on a trip to Malia, Crete.

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The Hangover• Director : Todd Phillips• Year of Production : 2009Celebrating his coming marriage to Tracy Garner, Doug Billings and his friends Phil Wenneck, Stu Price, and Tracy's brother Alan travel to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, staying at Caesars Palace.

The next morning, Phil, Stu and Alan awaken to find they have no memory of the previous night and Doug is nowhere to be found. Stu is missing a tooth, their hotel suite is in disarray, a tiger is in their bathroom, and a baby is in the closet. They find Doug's mattress impaled on a statue outside of their hotel and when they ask for their Mercedes, the valet delivers a police cruiser.

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The Waterboy• Director : Frank Coraci• Year of Production : 1998

Bobby Boucher is the lowly waterboy for a college football team, until the coach discovers his amazing talent for tackling people much bigger than him. He signs the Waterboy as the new star player, but Bobby must keep it secret from his overbearing and domineering mother.

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Why do I like the comedy genre?The reason I am attracted to the comedy genre is because I like laughter and the aim of comedy is to make its audience laugh. Laughter puts me in a good mood. Many comedies have punch lines which people use in every ay life to makes jokes so this makes genre a more social genre than others and I like to be social especially when laughter is involved. Most comedies have light hearted storylines therefore the film doesn’t require you to think too hard and allows the viewer to easily understand and relax. Most well known comedy based films have actors that are well known for their comedic presence and mannerisms, because a lot of their humour is visual as well as verbal. Special effects in comedic films are rare however they are present in films such as Honey I Shrunk The Kids (1989) to good effect.

Comedies like Scary Movie and Airplane are successful in the comedy genre by using intertextuality, e.g. Scary Movie takes storylines of other horror films to make up its own film however it is a spoof therefore it incorporates comedy into what are meant to be horror films. Intertextuality encourages me to watch certain films because of the anticipation and expectation of the films it incorporates makes me wonder how they create a comedic scene out of a scary scene.

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Star TheoryI would watch a film because of who is in it. For example if an actor/actress I like and find funny is in a film I haven’t seen, I am likely to then watch that film because I would expect it to be good because I will have most likely have seen the actor or actress in another film and they will have made me laugh in that I’m therefore I’d expect to laugh at them again. This is why many film producers use the stars of their film and also use positively well known stars for advertisement before the film is released so that their audience is broaden and expectation kicks in making their audience want to see their film more.

“Stars are made for profit. In terms of the market stars are part of the way films are sold. The stars presence in a film is a promise of a certain kind of thing that you would see if you went to see the film” Quote (Dyer, 1986)

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Frameworks of InterpretationThe Hangover Trailer

The Hangover trailer contains a lot of crude / rude references, these sort of references are often present in films such as The Hangover who are aimed at the younger audience like teenagers. Alcohol is also present in The Hangover this is also a code and convention of comedy that is aimed at the younger audience.

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Frameworks of InterpretationThe Waterboy

The Waterboy trailer shows stereotypical things that are funny such as somebody getting hit by a ball or getting squirted by water. Bobby Bouchet (Adam Sandler) talks with a stereotypically comedic voice, this automatically interprets comedy and laughter.

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Frameworks of InterpretationThe Inbetweeners Movie

The Inbetweeners Movie also has a younger audience such as teenagers, therefore they shows lots of drunken clips and nudity in the trailer. These often seem to be in many film trailers that are aimed at younger audiences. Explicit language is also something that producers seem to involve in movies aimed at a younger audience, as in teenagers.

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Media LiteracyA common way in which people find out about not only comedy but all types of films is through advertisement on television, internet and magazines. These types of advertisements don’t only advertise films in themselves but they also trigger a chain reaction by word of mouth. The internet is used for advertisement by social networking websites, web apps, banners and blogs, these all once again link to word of mouth. Films also pay to be featured in movie related magazines therefore their movie is then broadcasted to the correct audience. Cinemas also play a series of adverts before films at the cinema, these adverts usually link to the type of genre waiting to be watched. For example if you are watching to watch a genre movie they are very likely to play adverts for other comedy films before it.

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Reception TheoryMy age plays a big part in why I like the comedy genre so much. Another reason why I like comedy is because I enjoy laughter and comedy makes me laugh. The comedy genre is a very good way to be social as you can share a laugh with your friends.

Definition : Reception is the action of receiving, or taking in, physically or spatially.

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Active SpectatorshipWhen I go to the cinema the comedy genre is a good choice when with friends because it is something we all have in common and most people enjoy laughter and comedy. Comedy also creates a good focal taking point among my group of friends as we can all talk about what the funniest parts were. The good thing about the cinema is that when being watched in 3D visual comedy can appear more funny to the audience. Cinemas also make films more interesting to watch as it is on a big screen with loud volume.

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The Inbetweeners Movie Trailerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GpG2bBiuvw