* begins by checking her appearance in a mirror whilst legging on to dating website
* see her typing on the computer. camera becomes her eyes and we see what she is looking at a word document full of work - switched to retail site - switched to dating website
* overlappping screen where we see her replying to match request and the actual dat is playing on top
* last date doesn't show up (screen returns to proper focus) and we can shes given up trying to find Mr right
* then we are introduced to Joe, who is the waiter and comes and gives her a drink on the house
* we see them hitting it off and the camera zooms out and we leave the story
Friday, 8 January 2010
Character description and analysis
name : Jane
age : 24
personality: perfectionist - does not like a thing out of place e.g make up and hair
hard worker - works to maintain a good image and always wants to achieve best
self control/responsible - never gets drunk or had a one night stand. never daring or wild
perseverance- persistant to find perfect love partner always has to check date website
routine - without routine she feels unstable and fears the unknown
likes : romantic candlelight dinners
books - romance
dislikes : uncleanliness
appearance : smartly dresses, minimal make up never out of place
job : office job only temperary till she gets her nice rich husband to look after her which she becomes a housewife name
Name : Joe
age : 25
personality: risk taker - hates routine has no fear for the unknownloyal - always there whenever you need him even though likes taking risks
initiative - ready to lead things and know what a person wants even if dares them
independant- does not do what everyone tells him free spirit
easy going - likes to have a laugh takes life one step at a time
likes : adventure - rock climbing going around the world exploring coming unknown where to stay
dislikes : routine and rules
appearance : ungroomed rough look - still attractive
job : instructor at local adventure centre/ barman
man 1 : teacher : boring reels off useless facts and always has to have the limelight and corrects mistakes you may make.
man 2 : holiday rep: he said he was a rich footballer talks about nothing but sports
man 3 : everything she wanted but never turned up so Jane never found out
age : 24
personality: perfectionist - does not like a thing out of place e.g make up and hair
hard worker - works to maintain a good image and always wants to achieve best
self control/responsible - never gets drunk or had a one night stand. never daring or wild
perseverance- persistant to find perfect love partner always has to check date website
routine - without routine she feels unstable and fears the unknown
likes : romantic candlelight dinners
books - romance
dislikes : uncleanliness
appearance : smartly dresses, minimal make up never out of place
job : office job only temperary till she gets her nice rich husband to look after her which she becomes a housewife name
Name : Joe
age : 25
personality: risk taker - hates routine has no fear for the unknownloyal - always there whenever you need him even though likes taking risks
initiative - ready to lead things and know what a person wants even if dares them
independant- does not do what everyone tells him free spirit
easy going - likes to have a laugh takes life one step at a time
likes : adventure - rock climbing going around the world exploring coming unknown where to stay
dislikes : routine and rules
appearance : ungroomed rough look - still attractive
job : instructor at local adventure centre/ barman
man 1 : teacher : boring reels off useless facts and always has to have the limelight and corrects mistakes you may make.
man 2 : holiday rep: he said he was a rich footballer talks about nothing but sports
man 3 : everything she wanted but never turned up so Jane never found out
QUESTIONAIRE


Questionaire resu;lts analysis:
from the questionnaire results we found out that most people watch romantic comedies. they prefer fun and happiness in a romantic comedy. they also would like to see love and a happy ending. so they prefer lighter romantic comedies than one with serious issues. more people preferred comedy than romance but people still want to see romance. the people we asked prefer to relate to the film more than escape so they can connect and feel empathy and sympathy towards the characters. the audience would like to see a comedian someone who doesn't take themselves seriously. they would then like to see someone who is wild and free knows how to have a good time. most chose not to have the main characters to be closer to their age to relate to then because they may feel they can relate to them if they were older so then it can deal with more serious issues. they may stereotype if younger characters. the people who took the questionnaire preferred to be surprised by the storyline and not have a obvious storyline which is predictable. the most popular romantic comedies is the classic (e.g. pretty woman 1990) which uses more cliche of romantic comedies and has lots of thematic comedies. more people preferred not to have a happy ending, maybe because it is so predictable.
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Narrative conventions:
-love story main focus
-journey of love (marriage, family, heartache) the audience follows the characters journey and see how they develop as a person
-Man and woman overcoming difficulties and coming together at the end. (with each other, death of a loved one)
-Happy Ending - whether man and woman get together- or they find themselves with help of each other but do not remain together
*Wedding
*Heartbreak
*Birth of new child
*Divorce
-love story main focus
-journey of love (marriage, family, heartache) the audience follows the characters journey and see how they develop as a person
-Man and woman overcoming difficulties and coming together at the end. (with each other, death of a loved one)
-Happy Ending - whether man and woman get together- or they find themselves with help of each other but do not remain together
*Wedding
*Heartbreak
*Birth of new child
*Divorce

Generic codes and conventions:
-A genre can be recognised by its common set of distinguishing features, These features associated with a genre's style and content may be, for example, a particular setting, character types, technical codes (lighting or music).
-Audiences recognise these features and therefore expect certain things. For example, at the end of a romantic comedy film the two lead characters will realise they are in love.
- Day and night
- Real life
- Girl meets boy
- Beautiful people (who may be made up to look ugly)
- Man and woman sharply defined
- Contrast between leading characters (poor and rich, celebrity and non celebrity, football fan and rugby fan, culture)
- Sometimes a male point of view mainly female
- Empathy, Sympathy of Characters
- Passion and emotion
- Leading lady, leading man
- Love
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