Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Romantic Comedy Conventions- You've Got Mail

Below is the movie poster for the Romantic Comedy ''You've Got Mail" 

  • The two central protagonists of the film "Meg Ryan" and "Tom Hanks" are associated with Romantic Comedies, so with their names and faces on the poster the genre is immediately reflected 
  • The colours of the central images are all warm yellows and reds, reflecting romance and happiness and the mood of love
  • The actors names are in soft pastel orange, again reflecting this
  • The font is in lower case and soft, again reflecting the genre
  • In the images, both characters are looking longingly into the distance for each other 
  • The fact that the two characters are in separate images with the title of the film in between them suggests that there is an obstacle preventing them from being together, which is a common element in a romantic comedy
  • There's a small image of the two central protagonists kissing, suggesting they eventually come together by overcoming the obstacle- this is the usual ending to a romantic comedy
  • The director of this film is associated with directing other romantic comedies such as "Sleepless in Seattle"




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