Movies using Comedy + Action (Research)

 Expand learning on genres

In order to learn comedy and action being used in one film we need to study popular films that has these genres and how they show action and comedy together. 

Movie #1

Still from Hot Fuzz, 2007

Hot fuzz is a great example of using action and comedy together in a movie. In this film, two cops take on a town that crime runs around. The action of the film comes from the action that these two police officers try to stop crime with intense scenes and fights. The comedy aspect of the film comes from the comedic aspect of the characters and how they perform. This film puts both genres in equal use and shows that action can come some comedy too. This is a perfect example of a film that we can use in order to study more based on hybrid genres including action and comedy. We can take some ideas that would further influence our future film.

Movie #2

Still from Shaun of the Dead, 2004

Shaun of the dead is another great example of a film that uses action and comedy together. In this film, Shaun, our man character is met with a divorce, but later a zombie apocalypse happens in London in which Shaun tries to survive and get to safety. Comedy being in this type of plot looks very hard to achieve because a zombie apocalypse shouldn't be joked about. But this film found its way around. Shaun does not take a good approach on surviving, not only he noticed the apocalypse very late on but he messes up a lot and runs around with a mindless character trying to escape with zombies also being mindless too. This integrates social satire and generic American zombie movies expectations, even if this is a British film. Action in this movie is explainable by the actions of escaping from zombies, or intensity of conflict.

Conclusion

I learned the methods of how they used both genres in order to impact story and give the audience enjoyment. In order to correctly try this hybrid film, we need to split action and comedy into different parts of the film. We need to show real action at the same time showing humor that represents from the character or the current of action. These both films taught me how they equally use these genres and I will be taking inspiration from this.