The other day, I sat and watched two comedy films, one a general comedy (Step Brothers), and the other a Sports Parody ( BASEketball). Both were awesome because they created comedy through manipulating the way certain aspects were represented.
Synopsis of stepbrothers : Brennan Huff and Dale Doback are both about 40 when Brennan's mom and Dale's dad marry. The sons still live with the parents so they must now share a room. Initial antipathy threatens the household's peace and the parents' relationship. Dad lays down the law: both slackers have a week to find a job. Out of the job search and their love of music comes a pact that leads to friendship but more domestic disarray compounded by the boys' sleepwalking. Hovering nearby are Brennan's successful brother and his lonely wife: the brother wants to help sell his step-father's house, the wife wants Dale's attention, and the newlyweds want to retire and sail the seven seas. Can harmony come from the discord?
The 40 year old characters that Will Ferrell and John C Reilly portrayed had the personality traits of a ten year old and that strange contrast with the action and age of the characters generated most of the films comedy( and the fact that there were chewbacca masks and industry strength, nightvision goggles!!!) It makes me wonder whether a similar technique could be used in our movie
Synopsis of BASEketball Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop & Remer, invent a new game playing basketball, using baseball rules. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. Coop & Remer's team, the Milwaukee Beers is the only team standing in the way of major rule changes that the owner of the Dallas Felons wants to institute.
BASEketball is a really good sports parody and an intresting way that it creates a comedic effect is by stuff that happens, Out of the main scene that is happening (ie: someone playing solitaire on a computer behind a news reporter in the studio, 'Squeak' getting tied to the garage door and getting stretched out by the opposing team as Coop and Reemer walk across the screen talking). That is another way we could film our scenes for a comedic effect.
Here is a trailer for BASEketball: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi79233305/
Note: descriptions of films and BASEketball trailer sourced from imdb
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