Evaluation

For my A2 Media Coursework I was assigned to produce a movie trailer of our choice. As well as creating a film trailer we decided to also create two supplementary tasks: the front cover of a film magazine featuring the film, and a poster advertising the film. We decided that we would research romantic comedies, indie romantic comedies in particular, and concentrate on that genre, producing a professional looking trailer for our own romantic comedy as our final practical piece. These presentations will explore how I produced my coursework, and allow me to discuss the factors that went into it, and help me evaluate my work.

Through our research we have noticed that romantic comedies have been around for a very long time, starting in play writes, Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights Dream and Much Ado About Nothing being prime examples. So romantic comedies have really developed over time.
Indie romantic comedies have always been finding new ways to experiment with the genre, writing creative original narratives, or ways of challenging the stereotypes that are associated with the genre.
Film such as 500 days of summer and Forgetting sarah marsall are currenly very popular, which I think is due to the reversed roles they have created, they both have challenged the male protaganist stereoype, now making him, sensitive and looking for love (usually how the female role is played).
We really liked this current style, and wanted to create something simular, which is how we got the idea for our storyline.
After following the trends of indie romantic comedies, I have predicted a certain style that I think is starting to emerge. I think that Indie RomComs are starting to get darker, using a serious idea in their storyline, using that as the problem the couple have to overcome in their relationship. The comedy comes through in certain situations, so they comedies still there, there is usually quite a dark humour in these fims. This I believe will become increasingly popular.

Examples of this type of film are:

Remember Me

In the romantic drama Remember Me, Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has had a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family. Tyler doesn't think anyone can... In the romantic drama Remember Me, Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has had a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family. Tyler doesn't think anyone can possibly understand what he is going through, until the day he meets Ally (Emilie de Ravin) through an unusual twist of fate. Love was the last thing on his mind, but as her spirit unexpectedly heals and inspires him, he begins to fall for her. Through their love, he begins to find happiness and meaning in his life. But soon, hidden secrets are revealed, and the circumstances that brought them together slowly threaten to tear them apart. Remember Me is an unforgettable story about the power of love, the strength of family, and the importance of living passionately and treasuring every day of one's life


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMBfTdm9ALk

Love and Other Drugs

set in 1996. Jamie loses his job selling electronics. He takes his smile to Pfizer, becoming a drug rep in Pittsburgh. While trying to convince an internist to prescribe Zoloft instead of Prozac, Jamie meets Maggie, whose wit and energetic sex without attachment match his feckless charm. Early-onset Parkinson's adds to her mistrust of attachments. Jamie starts to fall for her about the time Viagra hits the market and makes him a sales superstar. When he becomes her knight errant in quest of a cure, she makes it clear that pity, entangling alliances, and being defined by her disease are off the table. Can't she just have fun?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKtrLiQTSM8