Generic conventions - Just go with it

Genre: Romantic comedy

Narrative: The 'hero' has a life he is not happy with and is looking for someone to love. He thinks he has found it but due to a funny turn of events he works out that it is the 'heroine' of the film that he knew all along.

Iconography: We expect to see funny scenes not necessarily just about the characters but about the situation they have gotten into. The audience also expect for there to be a happy ending when the 'hero' and 'heroine' live happily ever after.

Characters: The 'hero' is the male character who knows something is missing from he life and goes looking for love as an answer. The 'heroine' is the female character that the 'hero' finally goes for even though she has been there since the beginning.

Camera work: Slow shots are used for when there is a romantic moment. Sometimes tracking shots are used when someone is moving quickly and the audience needs to know who to follow. Romantic Comedies would also use panoramic shots to show the settings of the scene.

Settings: For Romantic Comedies The setting would be a quite, peaceful setting such as a beach in the Caribbean. This is to show that the characters are not going to be detracted by people making lots of noise or from it being over crowded. It also gives the film a calmer feel to it because there is nobody rushing around or trying to call a cab like there would of been in a city setting.