The target audience for these films are mainly woman, it is every woman's dream to find their true love and live happily ever after. Every romantic comedy has a romantic scene, then something occurs for the happy couple not to be together but then it ends with a fairy tail ending. This makes audience believe that there is a man out there like in the movies and they watch the ending to see how the fairy tale ending finishes. The typical codes and conventions are;- True Love
- Romance
- Funny
- Love soundtrack
- Romantic Setting
- Couples
- Different in class
- Voice overs
- Boy meets girl
- Reason why they cant be together
- Fairytale ending
Romantic Comedy is normally set at the daytime with the sun shining and the weather is prefect. It is either set in a busy town like London or even a quite place like the country side. The surroundings are normally bright colours meaning the main character would not be wearing a plain black top with black jeans, she would be wearing a bright top and light colour trousers, also places would have bright colour flowers.
Sound is mainly played at the beginning and throughout the movie. The music is normally joyful and cheery and is non-diagetic meaning that the characters can't hear anything.
Example of romantic comedy's are;
- Bride Wars
- Love happens
- The holiday
- Notting Hill
- Bridget Jones's Diary
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