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Romantic comedies have many different aspects. The target audience for this sub-genre is regularly  14 to 21. This age range is right before entering high school when teenagers are starting to mature a bit and 21 is 3 years right after graduating high school.  There are many different technical elements for this genre.

 https://penandthepad.com/characteristics-romantic-comedy-8671414.html

This link gives characteristics of romantic comedies. Within the list of these characteristics is the two characters being polar opposites of one another, ordinary problem, and a happy ending. These are the basic technics within a romantic comedy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyFNdKCwlbc

This YouTube video also gives a list and examples of elements found commonly among most romantic comedies.


Camera movement is also very important for romantic comedy. The shots should have both characters in the frame. Whether it be over the shoulder or long shot . The distance between the characters is what can help put emphasize on what is going on in there relationship.

https://www.slideshare.net/KieraTolhurst1/cinematography-in-romantic-comedy

This slide show shows common shots for romantic comedies and why they are common. The two person shot is the most popular of them all due to the fact that it is a shot which both character are in the frame symmetrically in most circumstances.

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It been a while. My partner and I have finally decided on teen comedy as our genre. Teen comedy is a genre known as a hybrid. This genre holds sci-fi, comedy, romance, drama, and horror. We felt that we can make the best of this genre because it is something we relate with.  An example of such a movie is High School Musical. This movie illustrates a classic love story in high school in a dramatic or theatrical manner. The characters are of different ethnicity's' so that the target audience can relate. The plot develops a relationship in High School through different problems. The main problem is the different hobbies between characters such as sports and science which is resolved in drama class. 



https://www.hercampus.com/entertainment/17-things-still-bother-me-about-high-school-musical

The following link is a list of things that bother Mrs. McConnaughey. But this list also shows different examples of how it does not follow the reality of real High School. An example of this is detention during drama class.
The photo shows one of the main actors sleeping
during detention. Another example of how it does not follow the reality of high school is the laid back basketball practices.

Media blog 2/17/19

A. My project is going to depend on many aspects. When it comes to the video it self horror movies are built upon lighting, jump scares, and many other things. The camera movement and placement is very important as well to make sure what the best angle to film in is. Publicity for our project would be on social media and TV networks. Hulu has many commercial breaks as well as TV channels that put movies on it the entire day. Social media is also a very good outlet to reach out to our target audience.

B. The information I discovered through research is content. The following website gives examples of how lighting can be used in horror films:

https://nofilmschool.com/2016/10/8-spooky-lighting-techniques-you-can-use-your-horror-film

I found as well what the most common tricks directors use during films. The following website shows examples such as shooting through things, underexposure, etc:
 https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/cinematography-tips-for-horror-filmmakers/

This informed my project choices because every horror film has its own method. For instance the conjuring uses many jump scare and times of silent to scare the audience. This choices are important cause a trick that does not fit in the opening can create a false image for the rest of the film.

C. Some marketing choice I will choice is the lead actress of the film posting a picture for publicity. 


For instance here is an example of what was done for a film that Brad Pitt started in. He posted on Instagram a picture of one of the scenes and captioned "Don't forget to watch". Another method that is in the picture is showing the trailer in big events such as the Superbowl which is watched by millions of people. Target audience is also very important. In addition putting advertisements in places that the target audience will watch is very important.

D. I learned that each genre of films have there own techniques that are very important to create a well done film. It is going to be important that my partner and I abide by the techniques in the genre that we choose. These techniques do not always have to be the common ones but important to stick to our genre.