A comedy movies target audience depends on the each individual film. some comedy movies are made for kids like Shrek, while other comedy movies are made for adults, like 40 year old virgin. They don't target a specific audence as they attempt to be funny and enjoyable to watch for everyone.
Typical conventions of the comedy genre is focusing on uncomfortable situations, and sometimes lean oppositely of realism. steaks are alwasy personal and any violence in the film is done to make light of the situation and done up for laughs. different types of comedy can be used in these films, Slapstick comedy is one of the most famous tyoes of comedy used.
Mise-es-scene is very important to comedy. as a typical trope for comed is making the main subject look dumber or funnier to look at than the rest of the characters. A film you see this in is the Hangover, The 3 main characters are all either dirty and look hungover or not at all dressed for the siuation they are in.
whenever a comedy film is marketed, they tend to lean into the comedy in the marketing. A great example of this is from the 2025 film Naked Gun. All the marketing surronding that movie was leaning into the comedic aspect of the film.
Hellerman, J. (2023, December 6). Mastering the comedy genre in movies and TV. No Film School. https://nofilmschool.com/comedy-genre
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