Generic Codes and Conventions
Ae Fond Kiss and Love Actually belong to two of the most common genres in British film: Drama and Romantic Comedy respectively.
Codes of realism
Realism is the most common mode of address in film. The mise-en-scene will match that of the world around us. The events depicted in the film will closely resemble events that may occur in the real world.
This might suggest that films in such genres as comedy and science fiction might be outside this mode of address but this is not the case. Comedy takes place in a world that we recognize. The behaviour of the characters and the events depicted is outlandish but it is this juxtaposition of the real world and these odd events and behaviours that results in laughter in many cases. The world is internally consistent.
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