Genre Research- Comedy

 Now, looking into the genre of comedy. Something I'm not very familiar with, but Some found footage horrors which my partner Kim likes has elements of comedy that we would be able to put in our film. 

My first website I am using:

https://study.com/academy/lesson/comedy-genre-definition-characteristics.html

According to Study.com comedy is a genre that places characters in amusing situations for the sake of humor. Comedy is often placed in opposition to tragedy. 

The definition of the genre comedy is purposefully broad to encapsulate the many different strategies that may be taken in order to make people laugh. While comedy and tragedy are imagined in opposition, comedies also have serious moments, and tragedies frequently employ moments of comic relief. 

Another website I'll look into is Premium beats' genre breakdown:

Comedy genre breakdown

They state that comedy is more than just a joke. It’s a rich, diverse genre that has consistently been a popular and essential part of the greater cinema tradition. 

There's many subgenres of comedy, including slapstick comedy, Screwball comedy, Parody Comedy, and black comedy. 

Now that I have a basic knowledge of the genre and its subgenres, I'm researching the use of sound in comedy, and I've found a great resource for information. 

What Makes A Comedy Funnier?

'npr music' uses quotes from one of the best comedy film composer Theodore Shapiro, using his statements to build ideas. 

"I feel like comedies often work best when the audience is just simply invested in those movies as stories," he says. "You know, even in broader comedies, like Dodgeball. When we played those dodgeball sequences as very, very serious sports sequences ... people became emotionally invested in the story." 

Serious music can make the comedy funnier. "You don't want to underscore the comedy, but you want to be able to work towards it or to go against it, or to amplify it by not pointing it out."

My main takeaway from this is that we need to build the full complex story for people to follow along with a hint of added comedy, to do this we also need to have the right actors to have this effect. Now, I am going to start researching my major and minor tasks in horror and comedy genres.