Conventions of a Comedy Genre...

Setting:
- The setting of a comedy film usually depends on what kind of comedy it is, for example a romantic comedy.
-Generic places of comedies usually consists of high populated place such as, cities, towns and usually bright sunny places.
-Social comedy: homes, bars, clubs
-Teen comedy: usually set in high schools and small towns.

Characters:
-Usually the main character is an idiot, very accident prone, unlucky.
-Smart people in these films are usually socially awkward, to ensure comedy is involved
-Regular people in the films are associated with accidents and usually sarcastic characters.

Themes:
-Gross out
-Parody
-Anarchic comedy
-Slap stick
-Romantic comedy

Main events:
-A family man who wants to escape his life
- Adventure in trying to get a girl who is seen to be out of their league
-Can associate with drugs and escaping the police etc.
-Unlucky man wanting more and to change his luck and life.

Target audience:
-This kind of film can be for any age depending the type of comedy.