My first true entry on this blog talked about our production team's struggle to define the genre of our movie. By definition our movie is still an independent film as we are not affiliated with a major studio and our whole idea is completely obscure and difficult for the public to ingest at first. Yet, as I watch our movie over and over again it appears more like a comedy. You can tell we had a blast making it, in fact maybe we had too much fun producing our little baby, but that's what our teacher told us to do. And as the great products of the American education system that we are, we followed her orders to a tee. We never intended for it to be a blatantly obvious comedy, we were actually aiming for the whole charming indie film thing. But we're not disappointed, because the best comedy just naturally progresses from life's imperfections to pure comedic gold. I mean Seinfeld was a show completely based on that concept. Nothing but life has to happen for pure comedic genius to be discovered.
I'm more convinced than ever that our film is more of comedy than typical indie film, but I think the comedy itself is derived from our amateur skills, or lack of. We're not a RomCom, yet we don't necessarily fit into the Slap-Stick or Parody category either. We're simply just funny, yet that opinion of comedy is left up to the individual viewer. For now, I'm defining us as Independent Unintentional Slap-Stick, for we don't forcefully elicit laughter from the audience, but we'll make you laugh from our actions unintentionally. If you find us funny, I will finally feel complete.
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