Comedy Films & Musical Films Research and Conventions

 So, we’re diving deeper into different genres of movies. But today we are going to be researching the two specific genres we've selected which are Comedy, and Musicals.

  We'll begin with comedy, one of the most popular genres, because who doesn't love to feel satisfied with a good laugh every now and then. The comedy genre comes with different elements of filming that make up comedy movies such as the common camera angles present. For example, in comedy films as in Night School that recently came out in 2019, common movie angles include many wide shots, and tracking shots, and several medium close ups. Mis-En-Scene of comedy includes a variety of elements for example costumes in a comedy the prior goal is to get a good laugh out of you sometimes the actors are put into interesting costumes sometimes the'd even go to the extreme level of nudity. Anything out of the ordinary that would make an actor's appearance intriguing results in a level of humor for the audience. Such as in the original Netflix film, Naked, where the plot is where the man wakes up naked one morning, running late for his wedding. He repeatedly goes through the day several times stuck in a deja vu.

  The next several factors of a comedy film are lighting, editing, and sound. With multiple other elements such as costumes, makeup, props, and sets. Common lighting in comedy films usually includes: high key lighting, or natural lighting for when filming scenes outdoors. I've also noticed that comedy's contain multiple scenes outdoors rather than indoors, that may fit in the category of common locations in the comedy genre.

  For example, films such as Peter Rabbit, Night School, & Naked take place in an outdoor setting, whether it be outside of a home where a wild goose chase is taking place, in front of a fast food store where there's a fight going on with the store's mascot, or even running a marathon in complete nudity. What they all have in common is they take place outside. Sound contain a dialogues filled with hilarious jokes, mainly sarcastic humor. There's usually a film score, and several sound effects. There isn't usually a lot of editing taken place in comedy most of the scenes just flow through.

  Moving forward to the next genre, musicals. Common things within movie musicals are dramatic lighting. Common lighting in film musicals include high key lighting and three-point lighting. Low key lighting is also used quite a bit. The common camera angles are high angles and occasionally close-up shots, emphasizing character's expressions.

  In movie musicals, characters often express themselves through song and dance, only musicals violate the classic narrative cinema. The set designs of movie musicals are exaggerated, color design usually are a theme of bright colors of the warmer tones. The scenery often changes because of the variety of different time periods and locations. Resulting in a variety of makeup, costumes, and props.