common scenes in romantic comedies
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Common Scenes in Romantic Comedies
Friends
There is often a scene between the lead character and their friends to discuss the other lead character, usually a love interest. The following slides will analyse the locations of these scenes
Health and Beauty
• Shows a stereotypical aspect of possibly non-stereotypical female
• Shows her as part of a group
• Shows her as caring about her health/appearance
27 Dresses(2008)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days(2003)
What Happens in Vegas(2008)
Leisure• Hitch (2005) shows this scene in
a bar• This may be because the lead is
quite unstereotypical, and a bar is the opposite of health
• Confessions of a Shopaholic (2008) shows it in the shared apartment of the two characters, however this may be due to the theme of money in the film (can’t afford to go elsewhere)
• These two lead characters are more unstereotypical than the others
Hitch (2005)
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2008)
Workplace
• The Ugly Truth (2008) shows this scene in the workplace, with the lead characters assistant, as the lead is portrayed as very unstereotypical in this, so we don’t see a group of friends
The Ugly Truth (2008)
Males
The lead character isn’t always female, sometimes the film is mainly (or half and half) from a males point of view.
Therefore this friendship scene is with the male and his friends, as a group of friends is more unstereotypical for males, the locations for these are usually very ‘manly’, for example: sport.
Made of Honour (2008)
What Happens in Vegas (2008)
Bosses
Another common scene is a scene with the boss of the lead character, usually in an office and discussing some sort of promotion. In the next few slides I shall analyse the character of the boss.
Older• Stereotypically, a boss is
older and male, and these two things represent power.
• Both characters to the right have grey hair and look older than anyone else in the shot
• Being juxtaposed next to younger characters, also emphasises this
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
The Ugly Truth (2008)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
• In How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, we see the bosses of both the lead female and male. The gender of these characters reflect the gender of who’s boss they are.
• For example, the lead female, Andie, works at a women’s magazine and has a female boss (top image), Ben, the lead male, works at a Sport magazine and has a male boss (bottom image)
Attractive
• Incorporated into storyline as a love interest, less likely to have ‘promotion scene’
• Same age as lead character-• May be the opposing lead
character- making this character predominantly male
• Ultimate goal to please him
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2008)
27 Dresses (2008)
Decisions
• From this, I have concluded to have both these scenes present in my trailer
• The friend scene with a health theme- to conform to stereotype
• The boss as younger, however, not as main character or love interest, but still a goal- which breaks the stereotype