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.
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