1. Fariha Haque

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During this time period, there were a significant amount of silence film
therefore it relied of visual humour
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Comedy films started off with humour such as slapstick and burlesque
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Watering The Gardener by the Lumiere Brothers was one of the first comedy
films.
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Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd were known as a famous
comedic actors during the silent era.
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Comedy in the form of animated cartoons such as Felix the Cat, Mickey
Mouse, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and Betty Boop became a popular trend
during the 1920s

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Sounds were introduced into films by W.C
Fields, Marx Brothers, Stan Laurel and Oliver
Hardy towards the late 1920s making it possible
to include verbal humour in films
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Sound was used to deepen well-formed screen
characterizations and enhance visual humour
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Charlie Chaplin still continued to direct and
produce silent films however he added
infrequent dialogue and sound effects
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Screwball comedies produced by Frank Capra
were also introduced during this period to
reassure social values and optimism about
everyday life
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Comedy films transported to TV during the
1950’s as more and more people decided to
stay at home to watch TV since the television
industry became a competition

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Darker humour, satire and social commentary began to emerge towards
the end of the 1950s. These made is possible to create films such as The
Apartment, Alfie and The Graduate which have sexual themes, this
otherwise would not have been accepted without the different types of
humour
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Black comedies such as Catch 22 and M*A*S*H were introduced in the
1970’s to reflect the anti-war sentiment and also treat the sensitive topic of
suicide
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Throughout the next decade, there was an increase in the slapstick humour
films being created due to Woody Allen and Mel Brooks being among the
leading lights of comedy films
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In Britain the most popular and successful films came from spin-offs of
television series comedies.

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The re-emergence of romantic comedy films during the 1900s were a major
development. When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, Clueless and
You’ve got mail were some of the most successful romantic comedy films
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Brassed Off is an example of a working class humour film which represents
British humour
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Asian comedies were also created in order to gain the attention of ethnic
minorities and also anyone else to boost views as the exaggeration of
situation within Asian comedies made it humorous for audiences. Bhaji on
the Beach, East is East and Death at a Funeral are some example of Asian
comedies