1. Genre Research
Paulo Vieira

2. • It first began in two states in Ancient Greece, ‘Megaris’ and ‘Sicyon’ and comedy is one of the
oldest genres in the world
• People in the town were noted for their humorous and ludicrous personalities
• A very common hybrid for comedy is Action-Comedy for example films like 21 Jump Street,
Bad Boys and Kick Ass
• The usual characters in a comedy film are; the comedic person, the person who makes the
protagonist look funnier, the boring person
• A comedy film, unlike other movies will usually be unpredictable with the narrative
• There are many types of comedies, for example Contemporary Drama Comedy and Black
Comedy

3. Comedy in the 20th Century
• The 20th century saw a huge change in comedy. The 80’s was the dawn of films such as
Beverly Hills Cop which had a domestic total gross of $234,760,478 and Ghostbuster which
made over $229,242,989.
• The 20th century also saw the rise of comedy icons such as Charlie Chaplin, Eddie Murphy,
and Will Smith.
• There was a number of distinct comedy trends that grew in the 20th century, from clever
and witty comedy coming from Oscar Wilde’s books that became famous in the 20th
century, to a negative with some comic elements of black comedy. The mixing of other
genre’s often happens due to comedy being a large part of entertaining people.

4. There are different types of comedy hybrids
• Action Comedy
• Adventure Comedy
• Urban Comedy
• Horror Comedy
• Sci-fi Comedy
• Black Comedy
The films that topped the box office in 2013 are Despicable Me 2, Grown Ups 2 and Identity
Thief . Whereas in 1990 the films topping the box office were, Home Alone, Ghost and Dances
With Wolves. The link between the three is that ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Despicable Me 2’ are both
kids/family movies and both topped the box office which shows that that has been the most
famous comedy drama in the last 23 years.

5. Comedy Conventions
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Teenage comedy usually consists of high schools in small towns
Social comedies usually base around bars, homes and public places
They are often shot during daytime and surroundings are bright and colourful
The type of themes included usually include road trips, going on holiday, or going against
a crowd