Genre Research

When Corina (my project partner) and I began to think of our genre of choice, we immediately thought about a few movies we both absolutely adore. These movies have helped us understand the overall genre of comedy because these movies have great comedic timing, which according to this article is very important. Comedic timing is important so that the actual delivery of jokes is funny, we must work on this so that our short film can be funny. The following movies are great at this timing.

Comedy movie 1:

Bottoms (2023)

One of Corina and I's favorite movies is Bottoms, it is a comedy that surrounds two girls who are starting a fight club at school to get their crushes to join it. This film has romantic aspects (trying to get their crushes) but it is a comedy first, which is something that has inspired us since we want our short film to be a comedy with some aspects on romance. This movie is also big on lgbtq+ representation, which we plan to have in our short film. 

Comedy movie 2:

But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)

This film makes fun of conversion therapy, how terrible it is, and how it does not work. It involves a cheerleader being sent to it but has a lot of comedy aspects, it makes fun of the ridiculous things that are done in the films conversion therapy and how they are useless. This film also represents lgbtq+ relationships and has aspects of romance, but again, it's main focus is comedy. Even years later, this film is funny, it has jokes that everyone could laugh at. It is a great example of a comedy that has aspects of romance.