https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bbn5x8/mark-kermodes-secrets-of-cinema-series-1-1-the-romcom
A lot of romcoms are typically very conventional in style and technique. Explain why, and
then use your own specialism to suggest ways you could demonstrate creative technique
without breaking genre’…
A lot of rom-coms are very often calssifide as being a chick flicks. This is because they tend to be amid at female audience.
One way to change this is to have a more specific audience and could aim at teenagers. Making the film more relevant to teenagers by using a younger cast or basing it in a school so the audience can relate to the film.
They usually have a basic story line of boy meets girl. It would be good to see more LGBT+ rom-con films and base it for teenagers so they can relate to the characters and the plot too. There’s so many boy meets girl Rom-coms it gets boring and they all have very simmler plot lines and characters and also endings.
Maybe if the charcters meet in an unusual setting like at a funeral or waiting for a job interview it could make the story more interesting and sometimes more realistic and so it doesn’t boring and not like the other basic story lines.
Theres a new TV show on all 4 called feel good and its about a stand-up comedian Mae is single, in recovery and stuck in a rut. But when she meets the previously heterosexual George, they embark on a whirlwind romance that promises to change their lives forever.
More shows/films like this could attract a wide range of audiences.
Poppy’s FMP 
Some good ideas here Poppy, which are worth persuing. Have you seen Booksmart? This is a rom-com/buddy movie with LGBT themes and takes place as the characters are leaving high school. It is excellent, well worth watching and could feed into your research well here. I’d like to see more detail on this – more about potential characters. It’s interesting stuff, but I’d like you to spend more time with your ideas. They’re worth expanding upon.
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