structure-pitch

* 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

locations

Office and Bar/resturaunt.

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

QUESTIONAIRE

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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.

BOX OFFICE

Romantic comedies (which comes under comedies on the UK film council table) was the highest in the box office charts in Ireland and UK in 2008. The top scoring films was Sex an the City. Rom - coms made around 222.4 (£ million) in the box office selling tickets. They also released the most films that year out of all the genres showing there is a demand for them in the cinema. Romantic comedies takes up 23.8% of the gross of box office (Purple). Some of the films that take up the top twenty UK films in the UK box office from 1999 - 2008 are romantic comedies e.g. at number 11. Bridget Jones's Diary, 13 Love Actually, 15. Bridget Jones's: The Edge of Reason, 17 Notting Hill. These are the films that if you ask what films are romantic comedies most would say the names of these films. I the All time top 10 independent UK films the highest film was Four Weddings and a Funeral which is a romantic comedy. This shows what a high demand romantic comedies are this also show that romantic comedies do better in the independent film category than at the box office this could be because it is simple and do not have all the dramatic effect of script that Hollywood use and the audience can connect with the film.

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

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

Codes and conventions:

-Codes are systems of signs, which create meaning. Codes can be divided into two categories – technical and symbolic:
-Technical codes are all the ways in which equipment is used to tell the story in a media text, for example the camera work in a film.
-Symbolic codes show what is beneath the surface of what we see. For example, a character's actions show you how the character is feeling.
-The technical code of lighting is used in some way in all film genres, It is a convention of the horror genre that side and back lighting is used to create mystery and suspense – an integral part of any horror movie.

Tools for analysis:

-mise en scene - lighting, costume, set design, location / studio
-editing
-camera angles
-continuity
-verisimilitude
-special effects
-sound - diagetic, non-diagetic

Film Certificates

12A is only used for films in cinemas. This means that those younger than twelve can watch the film if accompanied by an adult.In a 12A there are mature themes like love and sex which may be implied by sexual references. there maybe nudity but it is concise. Sexual activity maybe brief and discreet which gives the impression of what maybe going to happen.There is strong language but not a lot. Violence can be used but has to have a short scene there should not be much blood or showing of any injuries in detail. Sexual violence must only be implied but if shown it must be short.There maybe a misuse of drugs may have a brief showing or hinted at the idea of drug use.E.g of what you may see on a romantic comedy" contains moderate strong, language, drug and sex references""contains moderate sex references and language with maybe some partial nudity""contains sexual activity/innuendo""contains mild language and sexual references"12A has the second highest amount of releases in the BBFC classification with 150 releases last year where as the 15 age rating coming on top with 193 releases. There has been a gentle rises in the amount of 12A releases in the UK and Ireland since 2007. 12A has been a top earner between 2001 - 2008 in the box office despite the lower releases than "15" . In the top 10 "12A" classified films Four Christmas came 9th in the chart.