Within the genre of comedy, there are several aspects that occur regularly, for example, the music is genrally upbeat, and lighthearted. However, this can be altered to subvert and mock another genre, for example, to change the musical score to that of a more serious tone, when the action is that of something silly, the genre action or thriller is belittled, making humour. Also, there are a lot of close-ups, because the actors, especially in the sub-genre slapstick comedy, pull funny and over-exaggerated expressions. Also, it is conventional for actors to stick to this genre, and rarely do other, 'more serious' films in other genres, such as Ben Stiller or Will Ferrell or Jack Black (all members of the comedic film-makers group, the Frat Pack) - they rarely star in (or produce) films outside of comedy.
Comedy is such a large genre, and there are many sub-genres that have spawned from it, like Slapstick Comedy (e.g. Bean (The Ultimate Disaster Movie)), Romantic Comedy (e.g. Along Came Polly), Dark Comedy (e.g. In Bruges), Sci-Fi Comedy (e.g. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Teen Comedy (e.g. Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World), among others.
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