I picked these pictures as I feel it best represents the comical protagonists.A typical convention of romcoms is a funny quirky protagonist, they are represented as comical and sometimes unpopular and unconfident. This is done so that the audience can sympathise with them and in a way relate to their struggles and also so that they can entertain the audience and enforce the comedy. Bridget Jones is memorable protagonist as she is represented as not the ideal type of beauty, lonely and not very healthy, This can be inferred as in her first film she begins by listing the things she has to do which is to quit smoking, loose weight and wear huge briefs. There are also scenes where we sympathise with her for instance in the left image taken from the first film. She is cuddled into her duvet with chocolate rappers around her looking very isolated. She is also faced with awkward situations for example when she gets the wrong message about the party dress code and comes dressed as a playboy bunny. Andy is also a significant protagonist from the romcom 40 year old virgin, he is very "nerdy" and has never had a meaningful relationship. In the picture on the right we can tell he looks quite nerdy as he wears his striped t shirt tucked in to his white trousers with a thick black belt and his buttons are done up to the collar. His hair is also styled as a tidy comb over. His prop is a trumpet this instrument is usually associated with "nerds" as it isn't a very popular mainstream instrument. We can also see action figures behind him on his shelf, this reinforces how odd and childlike he is for a 40 year old. These characters will help me develop our own protagonist.
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