We are highlighting the comedic aspect of the film by taking quite sad situations and making them light hearted and funny so that the audience can laugh at it as opposed to dwell on the actual situation. For example, we have a bit at the end of our opening where Bella rejects Guy and then he pulls a really sad face which we will show using a close up shot. This is bound to make the audience laugh as we can understand why Bella has rejected him (from his state) but he can't see or understand the reason. Also Guy's positive mental attitude in the beginning of the film opposed to everything that goes wrong is also bound to make the audience laugh. This is quite a typical genre convention as many other rom-com's such as 'John Tucker Must Die' and 'The Inbetweeners 2' show how quite a serious situation can be shown in a comedic way to make the audience laugh.
Our main character is also a really unstable, socially awkward, nerdy guy which is used in many rom-com's to get the audience to laugh at someone else's misfortunes. We got this idea from a film called 'Bridget Jones' Diary' where there is also a character who is really quite unlucky.
The romantic aspect of the film will be clearly shown within the opening as we see Guy getting ready for his very first date. Since this might not be clear with just the action it will be cemented using the voiceover where we he will physically mention the fact that he's getting ready for his date. There will also be other romantic factors throughout such as him getting a girlfriend by the end of the film and other couples around the campus.
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