1. I've been referring to two of my scripts as romantic comedies. Upon reflection, neither one falls in the least in the mode of Sleepless in Seattle, Runaway Bride, You've Got Mail, When Harry Met Sally, etc. Is there anything wrong with just calling them comedies? One is close to farce, is that term not used in modern Hollywood? Or does it have a negative connotation? I tried tacking on screwball but that doesn't really get it either. If someone wrote something at all like "Bringing Up Baby," would you call that romantic comedy? I didn't write anything like that, just wondering.
2. In the theatre we called a certain style Black Comedy. Is that term never used in Hollywood? I've seen Dark Comedy but never Black Comedy.
3. If a script is not really a genre, genre, genre piece. How would you refer to it? Ex: The Exorcist. Calling it a horror movie seems to demean it to me. So how would you refer to a script like that? Or anything that reached far beyond generic labeling? Is there anything wrong with the simple drama, comedy designations? Now Sci-Fi seems pretty clear to me, it connotes nothing about depth, or themes, etc.
4. I have designated a third script a comic drama (I hate the term dramaedy) but is that really necessary? Much good drama, as opposed to melodrama, contains comedy.
Getting confused again about all this Hollywoodese.
lil
2. In the theatre we called a certain style Black Comedy. Is that term never used in Hollywood? I've seen Dark Comedy but never Black Comedy.
3. If a script is not really a genre, genre, genre piece. How would you refer to it? Ex: The Exorcist. Calling it a horror movie seems to demean it to me. So how would you refer to a script like that? Or anything that reached far beyond generic labeling? Is there anything wrong with the simple drama, comedy designations? Now Sci-Fi seems pretty clear to me, it connotes nothing about depth, or themes, etc.
4. I have designated a third script a comic drama (I hate the term dramaedy) but is that really necessary? Much good drama, as opposed to melodrama, contains comedy.
Getting confused again about all this Hollywoodese.
lil
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