Genre Research Blog Activity

 Comedy research 

Comedy movies are one of the most popular movie genres to this day. Directors like Woody Allen have been creating many comedy movies for all ages for many years. Comedy films are constantly being made again and again. Usually comedy movies are filmed to relate its viewers. Famous directors like Mel Brooks, Woody Allen, and Paul Feig have created many comedy movies most people should be familiar with. They hire actors viewers are familiar with so people watching can get a comfortable feeling that they are familiar with the actor.

    Normally the humor comes from misunderstandings, funny out of the ordinary situations, and exaggerations of events in a scene. Character types are always the typical unorganized, sage loser, and eccentric funny type of character. Whenever there is conflict it usually revolves around a real life situation that can happen but it will always be over dramatized to be made funny in social situations or personal dilemmas, but whenever the conflict is solved there is a sense of warm light-hearted and positive humor. The audience is always left with a sense of joy at the end of the movie.

    Comedies are always shot with bright colors and lighting to increase the comedic feeling with funny punchlines, fast paced editing, and sound effects. Exaggerated reactions and sound effects add onto the spontaneous feel of a comedy. When trailers are shot they usually only add the funny parts of the movie that are highlighted to be capturing for viewers. Normally covers for comedy movies are bright and colorful while capturing its playful and light-hearted tone. Comedies are typically targeted for families, young adults, or even older audiences. There is no specific age for comedies they normally want to just connect to viewers on a personal level so they can get a good laugh but be drawn in by the movie being relatable. 

A good example of a comedy movie that captures the comedic effect would be the movie Bridesmaids. The movie is a super funny popular movie that many viewers may find relatable. The movie is based off an early mid twenty year olds life Annie (Kristen Wiig) who seems to be a mess, but her best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) is getting married. Annie obviously takes the roll as her maid of honor but everything goes wrong. Annie is super insecure about Lillians close friend Helen who is also a bridesmaid. There are super funny scenes targeted for adults as well as young adults. Each character in the movie embodies a comedic character from the put together girl to the stressed out mess Annie is. There are quick cuts, reaction shots, and even awkward silent moments that build the comedic feeling when watching. As well for good comedic timing.

Representation

       

            In the movie Top Gun there are many representation patterns. Two major characters in the newest film are Pete Mitchell "Maverick" and Bradley Bradshaw "rooster". There have been two Top Gun movies but the one i'm talking about is Top Gun Maverick. In the movie there is a lot of emotional appeal because maverick is grown up now and is no longer in the Air force with his partner "Goose" who has passed away but his son rooster has now joined the Air force. There are many flashbacks and emotional moments for maverick as he starts his journey again but with a younger group of kids. The original Top gun soundtrack was added into the movie during multiple parts every time there was an emotional scene. 

    In the new top gun the way they presented Rooster is a representation of construction because they put his mustache on him the same way in the original movie Goose had his. They wanted to make an emotional connection and give him a good way to connect to his dad. The audio and music also creates construction because whenever the top gun theme song comes on it's normally an important scene or they wanted to add that so original viewers have a feel of reminiscing. Having air force costumes and making scenes of them working out also adds the extra affect.

    Selection to the right audience who watched the first movie will understand the emotional appeal it has on people to watch the second one. being characters grown up and their kids is such a crazy but nostalgic feel to it. The stereotype of the "tough guy" characteristic is shown a lot through out the movies but there will always be a sense of emotion and softness between the guys and different characters throughout the movie. when Maverick ends up with penny you can finally see mavericks soft side and that he is more soft than what people think.

Blog posting- sound

    During the sound project I learned that when sounds are in movies like rain or texting the sounds come from foley where people use objects to create sounds. For my project the directions stated that we had to make 4 of our own foley sounds then use links to create a scene with no video other than sound. During my brainstorming my partner and I thought of doing a scene with a car crash and we picked out some test sounds and watched the videos to figure out what we could use for our foley sounds.The outline helped us set how to put the sounds in order in the video and which sounds we wanted to use. For the editing resources we used adobe premiere. I think next time we should pick a better plot then a car crash scene but I think we did a good job with picking out ways to utilize foley sounds.