5 Ways To Elevate Your Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedies are back! Not that they’ve really gone far. Love is all around us too. Writers have been telling love stories since before the advent of cinema and audiences have been enjoying the various permutations of two people overcoming a mountain of obstacles and finally getting together. Love stories follow a similar template. They […]
5 Reasons Romantic Comedy Characters Initially Dislike Each Other
Everybody loves a good romantic comedy whether after a breakup or meeting someone new. Despite the tropes of this genre being fairly static, romcoms like Kissing Booth, Pretty Woman, and You’ve Got Mail still remain wildly popular despite their elevated conceits. But then again, escapism and entertainment is a key reason audiences flock to these movies. The recurring […]
Writing The Perfect Hallmark Holiday Romantic Comedy Movie
Holiday films screened during major holidays are as sure as horror films screening at Halloween. Mark Sevi spoke with mega-producer Carol Baum about how screenwriters can best position themselves to sell their screenplays into this market which consistently looks for this material every year. Hallmark is the biggest producer of these films. According to Carol […]
Why Is It So Hard to Find a Good Rom-Com at the Movies These Days?
Have romantic comedies lost their luster these days because romance is such an antiquated concept in a nation where one out of every two marriages ends in divorce or a quick Tinder date will do just as nicely sans the headache? Is the screenplay structure for them too evident in its ‘boy meets girl, boy […]
Screenwriters: Are You In The Mood For Love? Write A Romcom
Few films genres are as divisive as the romantic comedy. “Rom coms” are regularly dismissed as shallow, unrealistic projections of romance. It’s certainly true that many romantic comedies present a fantasy-land version of modern-day relationships, love, and marriage. Yet like with other film genres, award-winning, critically-acclaimed romantic comedies such as Annie Hall (1977), Moonstruck (1987), Say […]
