American comedy films

creation of films. My life has been dramatically changed since I have learned the art form of film production. Through film I have the ability to transform words, scenery and voices into motion pictures that will never be forgotten. Everything about the art of film making captivates me and I have become completely engrossed with every facet of the process. Similarly, the power of imagery is unlike any other and when combined with stories the outcome is fascinating. Thus, learning film production

Relationships Media has existed in our lives for centuries. It is a continuously developing force that has taken over our world today. In recent history, films were one of the most popular sources of media and highly influential on the minds of many throughout the world. It gave people certain ideals and stereotypes of how things should be. Today, film is not the only prominent media source, social media has made its mark. Mark Zuckerberg’s creation of Facebook was the first major type of social media

The romantic comedy is a subgenre that has as its central narrative the quest for love that almost always ends with a successful conclusion. It accents love in a light and upbeat manner while also frequently embracing sentimental or melodramatic story developments. Similar to every other genre, it has a set of characteristics or conventions that allow the audience to know what to expect. The key traits that allow one to recognize a movie as a romantic comedy are its realistic characters, traditional

Romantic Comedies: Hitch vs. Along Came Polly In 2004, John Hamburg-directed a movie named “Along Came Polly”, a romantic comedy about betrayal and love. A year later Andy Tennant conducted “Hitch”, a movie based on men attracting the opposite sex. Both films take place in New York and illustrate the emotional and physical traits the main characters experience on an everyday life. In the movie “Hitch” Alex Hitchens is a sentimental advisor, and he teaches clients how to date the woman they

popularity of romantic comedies has become a vehicle for constructed messages and values intended for a specific audience. Colloquially referred to as “chick flicks”, this specific genre is targeted to women in order to depict the Hollywood standard of how women should act, as well as the composition of an ideal relationship. Romantic comedies often strongly enforce unrealistic portrayals of romance, which alters women’s expectations of a normal relationship. The popular romantic comedy, My Big Fat Greek

popular and successful romantic comedies of all time, There’s Something about Mary by the Farrelly Brothers, was, for the most part, acclaimed by both critics and audiences. As a romantic comedy, the deepest and most underlying subject/theme of the film has to be love, yet there are so many layers of lesser subjects and themes that collectively contribute to the ultimate theme of love that it’s a wonder how it all comes together so effortlessly. The statement that the film makes about the subject of love

the unique aspect of the industry is that it is so expansive in all of the different categories and types of movies, but yet each film is individualized. A certain characteristic of a movie may appeal to one person and not another. Such characteristics may not only appeal to an individual but to a certain group of people. Could it be that characteristics of a film appeal to either the male gender or the female gender? Is there a difference in the category of movie that a male chooses as opposed

the film Toni Erdmann by the German director Maren Ade, there are many interesting techniques which help the viewer gain a better understanding of what’s going on. In using these techniques, Ade is attempting to display something to the viewer that they may not have otherwise caught or understood, such as facial reactions which contain useful information as to what is happening in a given scene. In addition to this, Ade brings back and somewhat recreates the genre known as the screwball comedy, which

Filmmakers have been making romantic comedies since the beginning of the art. The genre includes light-hearted scenes with two beautiful main characters showing their idyllic struggle and journey to finding their love. The genre, most like most movies are not realistic, but it proves great for escapism from your stressful everyday life. Romantic comedies, also poorly nicknamed as the ‘chick-flick’, have almost sturdy societal gender roles representing the two main characters. One cis male and one

The Break-Up is categorized as a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, as Brooke Meyer, and Vince Vaughn, as Gary Growboski. The film portrays what happens when individuals in a relationship gets comfortable. Romantic comedies are typically funny with a happily ever after, but this movie was more dramatic than funny. It gives us a glimpse of the actions taken at times to get the others attention. The Break-Up shows the heartache of what happens when people don’t communicate, because sometimes