Conventions of a Romantic Comedy

• Main character is usually a female who has just come out of a relationship or is looking for a partner.


• They have funny scenes which embarrass the main character and make the audience feel for the character. They are also quite over the top and things that you wouldn't expect to happen.


• Follow's how two people meet each other and how their relationship develops.


• The relationship has to be interesting and make the audience want to carry on watching to see where the relationship ends up.


• It makes the audience feel a varitaty of emotions e.g happyness, saddness, heartbreak, angry, funny, embarressed.


• It has a happy ending as this is what the audience want to see and it's what they expect.


• The funny side has to amuse and excite the audience to make them want to watch more and make the relationship between the two people more interesting.


• Usually the two people in love are from different backgrounds or have different personalities this makes the characters more interesting.


• The main aim is to make the audience feel let in to the characters and care about them, therefore they want to carry on watching to find out what happens to these people.