A powerpoint about genre and my short film

1. Genre Assignment The clever girl The ditsy boy Lucy McKenna Monday Morning Madness

2. HISTORY: Comic films began to appear during the era of silent films, roughly 1895 to 1930. The visual humour of these silent films relied on slapstick comdey. A popular trend during the 1920s and afterward was comedy in the form of animated cartoons. Several popular characters of the period, among these were Felix the Cat, Krazy Kat, and Betty Boop.

3. Media Conventions: Narrative Ideology Audience Genre Medialanguage Representation

4. Narrative: ‘Monday Morning Madness’: Joe wakes up on a Monday morning after having a dream about his teacher (who hates him) shouting at him not to be late again. He wakes up later than the other character Charlotte, who wakes up late, about 7:30. She is not a student that is late or failing to do homework. Joe however wakes up and slacks about taking everything slowly. We see both of them going through their morning routine, Charlotte (our clever character) is rushing for fear of being late. Joe isn't rushing his morning ritual. He isn't all that bothered about getting to school late. We follow both characters on their journey to school, they are continuously greeted by problems (flat tyres, stepping in dog poo etc). Throughout we are not really given any hints as to who is going to be late, but undoubtedly one will be.

5. Audience: I would use teenagers in my short film, as it is a teen comedy. Id hope that the characters can be related to the audiences peers, I want the style to be fairly naturalistic, natural body expressions, no over acting. This will help the audience to relate to what they are seeing.

8. Many films have periods of time where there is no dialogue/speech, however the audience is still entertained by facial expressions etc.

10. Obvious facial expressions

11. A possible love interest

12. Normally contrasting characters.

13. A problem that needs to be sorted/ is explored throughout the film.

15. SCANDEL PLOT WITTY DIALOGUE Comedy often shows social class humour is often made from the poorer (in wealth, love, social), represented by stock characters. The plot of the comedy is often concerned with an illicit love affair or some other scandal. However, the plot is generally less important than its witty dialogue. This form of comedy has a long ancestry, dating back at least as far as ‘Much Ado about Nothing’ by William Shakespeare, which has a very comical plot. STOCKCHARACTERS ILLICITLOVEAFFAIR

16. Other teen movies/ programmes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhJrN3B6J1M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BlHY69ZsZ0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-m9BX2K_38 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnkefjCES-4