Title Survey and Audience Feedback

Moodboard

From our mood board we have been able to use some of the ideas that have been put forward onto the mood board. For example we have been able to use the pink tones within out film trailer creation for our logo. As we are a team of 3 girls, we have decided to use pink within our production company logo to represent femininity and also pink has the connotation of love. We have also decided to use a Serif Font within out film poster and for the title of the film because it helps to represent the femininity of the main character Casey within the film, showing that the film is orientated around a female lead. This is also shown in the 'The Back Up Plan's film poster however the font has been coloured pink. we have also taken inspiration from 'The Duff' for our poster having the main characters (teenage) together but also showing the relationship between the characters, in 'The Duff's poster it states this in text but we will aim to do this through facial expression and use of editing.

Production Company Logo and Analysis

Representation of Characters and Places within Romantic Comedy Films

Characters

Leading Male (Romantic Lead): Tends to be good-looking and handsome with a boyish charm, popular boy and tends to be seen sporty in teenage romantic comedies. In teenage romantic films the leading male tends to be dating a popular girl that is seen as rude and dominates all of the social groups within a school.

Leading Lady (Romantic Lead): In the majority of romantic comedy films the leading lady tends to be very beautiful and independent that is unlucky in love, with a heart of gold.

Leading Lady’s best friend/buddy: adds humor, attractive, dorky, loyal and offers the leading lady valuable advice.

Girlfriend/Ex Girlfriend: of the leading male: Gets easily jealous of the new romantic interest, beautiful, prioritizes her social rankings over emotions and studies.

Location

Coffee Shop: Used because of its warm connotations and friendliness – used in films such as ‘Friends with benefits’

School: Used in typical high school romantic comedy. Use of the hallways for example ‘The Duff’ to show the power and status of the cast and using a range of medium and long shots or dolly zooms to introduce characters. Also the school playing field is used because the male lead tends to be sporty shown again ‘The Duff’ and also in ‘A Cinderella Story’. This tends to be where the male lead and female lead tend to realize their love for each other. The school hall is also used in romantic films because of their use to be changed into a magical prom scene also where some characters also find love on the dance floor.

Our Film Narrative and Trailer Narrative Research

We have been able to base or narrative following Todorovs' theory, following the stages he proves to fit most films. Following the stages of Equilibrium, Disruption, Realisation, Repair and restoration.

I was able to complete research into Todorovs' theory within my AS coursework:

Below is a table in which shows Todorov's theory in relation to our film idea.

Stages
Equilibrium	Casey is a nerd, Toby is a jock, two opposites that don’t like each other
Disruption	They are thrown together to work on a class project Carly (Toby’s Girlfriends) becomes jealous and steals her locket
Realisation	Casey realises she likes Toby but hears him talking about her negatively
Repair	Toby attempts to win Casey back but she doesn’t want to hear it
Restoration	Toby breaks up with Carly and gives Casey her locket back and they end up together

The images shown below show how Todorov's theory can be applied to a range of different of Romantic Comedy genre films.

From comparing the range of films I decided to research it is clear to see that the Equilibrium of the film is not shown in the film.I think this is because it isn't as important to know what happens at the beginning of the film because this is usually where the characters and the location is introduced.

The Disruption of the film is not shown either, this is due to the fact that the director wouldn't want to the audience to know the main root of the problems within the film and try and intrigue the audience this way.

The recognition and repair are usually shown within the films trailer. This is because of the fact this is usually where the comedy aspects are found and used within the trailer to intrigue the audience. Although the restoration is not shown because this would give away the ending of the film and ruin it for the audience.

Romantic Comedy Documentary and Romantic Comedy research

Above is the story board that we used to film out romantic comedy documentary this was useful for us because it allowed us to be able to plan, where to film, what to film and what camera angle and shots to use as well as planning the location. This allowed use to be able to manage our time effectively. On the storyboard we have also been able annotate and think about hat examples we would be able to use as research for ideas and inspiration for our own romantic comedy film.

This is our final version of out rom com documentary that gives you an insight into our genre and how you can identify it within our film!

Romantic Comedy Research