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Romantic Comedy Vs Horror Movies

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Compare and Contrast Romantic Comedy Movies vs. Horror Movies

The procedure, order, and methods are always a crucial part of every film. Overall there are many properties, which help with not only making it but also completing it. While creating or watching the film some of the properties are more noticeable than others but that always depends on what the story of the film is. And not only is it that but it also depends on the genre, the date in time, the country, the director and all other small little aspect to show the unique way in which those properties are shown. Two films will be chosen from two different genres in order to be analyzed so that a conclusion between the comparisons and contrasts could be drawn. The movies that have been chosen are from two decades, which are from the 2000s, and 2010s. The romantic comedy movies being evaluated are Clueless (1995) and Friends With Benefits (2011). And The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Insidious (2010) will be the horror movies being analyzed. This analysis should show a small growth in the different movie genres, and how they have formed over time. The analysis of these films will be done through their lighting, editing of the trailers, and soundtrack/music.

Beginning off with the lighting features of the movies, it is obvious that there is a big difference between romantic comedies and horror movies. The lighting in horror movies is harsher, darker, and not so clear. Such as in scenes of the Martyrs the lighting

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