Extra research into rom coms

 What is a romantic comedy and where did it come from?

The first ever romantic comedy to be seen in cinema was Girl Shy by director Fred.C. Newmeyer in America, it featured Harold Llyod and Jobyna Ralston. The studio to produce this film were Pathe Exchange. Romantic comedies have been a big part of the film industry since this date with massive hits like Bridget Jones diary and Friends with benefits. 

Romantic comedies are made up of a contemporary storyline that follows the stereotypical fairytale. A girl meets prince charming, there is some sort of trouble or problem they have to over come and then the end in which the girl and prince charming live happily ever after. You can see this sort of storyline being re-acted throughout films like friends with benefits and the proposal. 

Why have we chosen to do a romantic comedy?

I think a romantic comedy will work best for our media production as in the real world  it would be funded by a massive media conglomerate like Time Warner as it is a genre capable of making a lot of revenue. A romantic comedy will also work well as our class have decided to do the horror genre and I feel this would be a different and new approach to the given task as it is unique and no body else has chosen to do it, it would also be more of a challenge as it isnt just one genre like horror, it is a mix of two genres.