Friday 14 December 2012

Rom-Com plots

I also did some research on some film plots of the rom-com genre and this is what I came up with;
  1. They meet, either on a drunken night out, at a new school, at work, ect. The characters meet in funny and unusual circumstances.
  2. The couple doesn’t usually get along at first
  3. They have learned to deal with the other one and the hate between them has vanished. In this stage a 3rd party love interest comes into play to stir things up a bit, but eventually he/she will not play a big part. This is also the longest part of the movie.
  4. Everything seems to be working well. The relationship can also involves intercourse.
  5. Although they both love each other, they have not yet accepted the feeling of love for each other and therefore cannot communicate their feelings. At this point of the movie it seems like they will never be able to get back together.
  6. They make up and become a couple. About 5 minutes before the movie ends, comes the big scene that everybody knew was going to happen. It’s a big make-up scene where one of them realizes that the other one is theone for them and then they live happily ever after.

A good example of a film that follows this plot is knocked up

  1. They meet in a night club when they are both completely drunk and spend the night together.
  2. When sober, they find out that they don't like eachother and want nothing to do with one another.
  3. They decide to resolve their feeling, only because she is pregnant with his child 
  4. They become a couple and he falls in love with her and they have intercourse
  5. About 6 months in, her hormones take over and she constantly shouts at him and they end up breaking up
  6. They have the baby, he gets a job and a house. They get back together and become engaged. They live happily






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