RESEARCH & PLANNING - The bounty hunter - hybrid genre example

This is a link to the bounty hunter trailer :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czXE0aALfek

I found this trailer very interesting as it is a romantic comedy but it involves the main characters being shot at. Since starting this course I and other members of our group regularly check YouTube for new trailers for us to analyse and evaluate.

This film stars Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler. Jennifer Aniston is most known for her role in 'friends' and staring in romantic comedies, Gerard Butler has also been in romantic comedies but he has starred in Guy Ritchies British crime film 'Rocknrolla' and American crime action films such as 'gamer' and 'law abiding citizen'. This could be why they have chosen these actors for the roles in the film as then are then attracting both a female (romantic comedy fans) and male (action/crime fans) to go and see the film.

The trailer starts off as a typical romantic comedy, it has a slight twisted as Butler's character is a bounty hunter and Aniston's character is 'wanted' by the law, but overall it is very light heart. Then the two characters are under gun fire, this shocks the audience but also adds comic value.

The trailer continues showing romantic sides of the film but with props from crime drama films such has guns, handcuffs and tasers.

I thought this was a very good example of a hybrid genre (and also very modern as it has not been released yet!) film :)

Rach.