Past Students Romantic Comedy Opening Examples

Not a Chance's opening is set almost entirely in the two main charracters' house, the opening contains some codes and conventions that myself and Amber have previously researched. There is an audio bridge between the final ident and the first shot. This was a non-diegetic pop song which, again, fitted with the genre. This song played over a montage of the two people getting ready and going about their morning routine. The titles in this were integrated diegeticly, another standard within the Rom-Com genre. The protagonist is, again, embarrassed in front of the audience and the love interest.

Slim chance features similar codes and conventions such as:

-diegetic titles

-internal monologue 

-a pops song over a montage

Counter-typically, there was not Audio bridge between the final ident and the opening scene.

Classmates also has no audio bridge. The film follows the conventions by having music playing during a montage, I personally would not have used the music that they used as it often changed, and so it made the scenes on screen feel slightly chopped up and did not aid the realism of the film. The film was counter typical as it featured non-diegetic titles, which are uncommon in the romantic comedy genre.

Spotlight love featured common staples from the romantic comedy genre, such as:

-diegetic titles

-music over montage

It however lacked an audio bridge from the last ident to the first shot and it also lacked the conventional scene of embarrassment for the main character. I also felt that the film could have explained things slightly better, such as what was happening at the curtain.