Romantic Comedies Film Studios

British romantic comedies are often made by Working Title. Working Title is a British film production company, based in London owned by Universal Studios. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. It produces feature films and several television productions.

Some of its most notable films include Notting Hill (1999), Billy Elliot (2000), Johnny English (2003), Love Actually (2003), Nanny McPhee (2006), The Three Flavours Cornetto Triology (2004 - 2013) and About Time (2013).

The film are then commonly distributed by Universal Pictures as they own Working Title Films.

 

 

 

http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/

Surveys

To do my market research I used Survey Monkey which allowed me to create a free digital survey online and post the link to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

My surveys are linked below:

General Film Survery:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q3WZ7QP

RomCom Film Survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/H9TNJNX

Romantic Comedy Opening Analysis

Love Actually:

·         Title is used as a slogan

·         Monologue about love

·         Opening credits gently fade in

·         Hugging and kissing (affection)

·         Real people (not actors)

·         All types of love are shown (boyfriend and girlfriend, mother and daughter etc.)

·         Last 1:12 Seconds

Notting Hill:

·         People meet in a normal or everyday situation (book shop)

·         The person finds a love interest in that situation

You’ve Got Mail:

·         Business Rivals

·         Online relationship

When Harry Met Sally…:

·         Interviews old couples who have been together for most of their life

·         Love song

·         At school…young love

·         Introduced to Harry and Sally straight away, but they are not a couple

·         Driving for a long period of time together

Brief Encounter (Romance):

·         Main dialogue shared between two central characters

·         Character saying goodbye

·         Narrator

Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging:

·         Very/Typically British

·         Don’t see the whole body main character

·         Funny as soon as the film starts

·         Embarrassing to the main character

·         Playful title font

·         Travelling shot

·         Awkward situation

·         Upbeat love song

·         Turn of events

·         Misfortune

P.S. I Love You:

·         Arguments over love and having children

·         The audience see both the man and woman on screen at the same time.

The Last Song:

·         Dramatic

·         Didn’t see actors face

Letters To Juliet:

·         Golden/Posh Font

·         Pictures of love through different periods of time

·         Romantic Music

·         Pictures of animals in love (kissing)

·         Different style to other RomComs

Juno:

·         Music Video (Love Song)

·         Cartoon

·         Different Style

·         Follow the main character on a “journey” in the style of a music video

Remember Me:

·         Sad

·         Slow dramatic music

A Walk To Remember:

·         Upbeat music changes to increase tension

·         Typically American

·         Opening Credits Explode

A Cinderella Story:

·         Follows the classic story with a modern day twist

·         Turn of events (happy story turns to misery and then ends with a happy ending)

All of these opening sequences reflect the genre, however they are in different styles. Juno is set out like a music video and is upbeat and fun, however P.S. I Love You starts of in a very real situation of people arguing. Furthermore all of the openings I analyised had a love song or romantic music in them.

Generic Coventions of a RomCom

Preliminary Task Video

Preliminary Task

For my preliminary task I had to shot a continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down into a chair opposite another character, with whom he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue.
I used Peter and Connor as my actors. Connor walked through the door and across the room and sat down opposite Peter. I used a multi camera set-up which allowed me to film both Peter and Connor at the same time from differnt angles. The actor then both shared some dialogue between them. I used iMovie to edit the clips together and give it a title. The mise-en-scene for the shot is typical class room objects. This includes desk, chairs and text books.

Foundation Portfolio Brief for Video

I have chosen Video:

Preliminary Task: 
Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down into a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.

Main Task:

The titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
*All video and audio materials must be original, produced by the candidate, with exception of music or audio affects from copyright-free sources.