Comedy cliche's

• The comedy genre appeals to all age groups and genders. This is because different comedy films can be made for everyone, as many people like to watch something that'll make them laugh,
  
  
• Different cliche's are used to make the audience laugh. One popular cliche is that the hero is an idiot. This is effective to the audience as since the main character is an idiot, they know that he is going to make them laugh, and that the film is going to be worthwhile to watch. Also they will become interested in how he can out do himself on how stupid he can be.

• Another cliche is the 'slapstick' (someone making a mistake) this is effective as if someone for example fell over, the audience would find it hilarious, as watching someone falling over even if they do not get injured, is incredibly funny for most people and amusing to watch, 
  
  
• There is also most of the time a journey that the hero goes on, this is effective as during the journey the audience can start to grow attached to them, or if they didn't like them at the beginning, may start to like them now. Also the journey could be a funny one as the character could do loads of things wrong.
  
  
• There is also a best friend/sidekick in most comedies that can be quite hopeless, but is effective to the audience as we get to know how he thinks his best friend should deal with his problems, and how he and the main character act around each other. Also you get to relate to them as you may have a best friend that you act the same around.

• Another cliche in comedy films is the jokes or issues about stereotypes. the jokes about stereotypes include; sexuality, racial, disability and two dimensinal characters. The effectiveness of making jokes about these groups, or mentioning them is that they can be very funny. And some people will watch a comedy just to see someone taking the mick out of sexuality etc. The bad thing about this cliche is some jokes made in the comedy can be offensive and put people off.

• There is also sometimes a romantic sub plot in comedies, which can appeal more to females as they might feel they can relate more to the film if for example, secretly the comical guy, has a sweet part inside him that the woman can grow to love, also it may make males laugh and relate too as they could be going through the same thing that the character in the film is going through.

• Looking at comedies could be effective for my film production, as a lot of people watch and enjoy comedies. So the film we may possibly make could appeal to more audiences and groups of people if it was comical and made them laugh. If for example we made a romantic comedy, men may not want to watch it and find it boring, so the audience ratings may be affected. The same thing may happen with a horror as not everyone likes horror films even if they are older, and it may scare them, putting them off watching it. As action films appeal to men mainly, women may not find our film interesting if we did an action one, as the genre leans more towards the male audience.

Dodgeball -

• In the film 'Dodgeball' many cliche's that I have mentioned above are used. For example at the very beginning, there is a full of himself idiot. This is effective as the audience may start to not like this character as he is very abnoxious, leaving room for a new character they may like. Also by introducing a character who the audience may not like, will make them want him to mess up and create problems for himself, which would make a very funny comedy.

• Another cliche that is used is the physical comedy. After the full of himself idiot is introduced, you see an old picture of him where he is very fat eating ice cream. This for any audience to see is hilarious as over weight people have a better comical effect than a skinny person. The other physical comedy used is when a man gets stuck in the gym equipment. This is funny as seeing people fall over, walk into things etc is generally funny.

• The scene then leads to another person who is in his flat, asleep on the sofa having not washed, and not being able to pay his bills. His flat is also very dirty with clothes and rubbish everywhere. The comical effect of this is that most people's bedrooms are like this, and the program playing on tv is the full of himself character. The 'coinsidence' of this is that the man on the sofa, is the type of person the other character is talking about. The man on the sofa also has an old rusty car where everything goes wrong. This is funny as it is something that happens in everyday life.

• There is also another gym introduced which is full of losers, which makes the two gyms appear as a competion. Losers vs winners. There are also references to bodily functions and gay jokes. These jokes are effective as they make people laugh and make you want to watch more of the film to see what happens.