COMEDY!-THE 101 on how to be funny

The genre of comedy is a very hard to define as there are so many different precept ions of it. Over the years we have seen some comedy greats , from Chaplin to Adam Sander , comedy has come a long way. You could say that short films do not usually cover the genre of comedy , as it is hard to make something funny in such a short period of time, but i can be done. I have took it in myself to research short films which have been recognized for the genre comedy. It was obvious where I should start , and that was with the great Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin dominated the comedy scenes int he early 20's and 30's. He was well known for his slapstick films and cheeky characters which he included in his films. I looked at his film's such as the Circus and the Stranger which Charlie has directed and stared in. The one thing which was consistent throughout his films was pranks and and silly mistakes made by the characters . Slapstick comedy is about obvious comedy , and what is meant by this is that that you would see the characters making really silly actions. The reason that a lot of this can be seen in Charlies films is because that is what the people found funny back in the day. Obviously now it is much harder to make people laugh through film, but if you look carefully you will notice that the same codes and convention still apply. You have to admit that Charlie Chaplin is the king and father of comedy. Even better , he use to make really short films , such as the "Man in yellow" which was only 5 minutes long. By watching how he crammed in all his comical plot points will help me construct my narrative.
This brings me on to my next piece of research , and that is on modern day comedy. Now this is where it splits into different versions. We now have black comedy and "Rom-com" which are a mixture of different genres. Although it is important to be aware of this , you never really see this type of genre is short films. This led me to start looking at films on YouTube , and this is where I found the film "Black hole". Now black hole covered some any conventions of comedy , such as basic jokes , and elements from charlie Chaplin's. Watching the short film showed me what you needed to include in a short amount of time , and that was a mix of comical plot points and obvious jokes.