Film Posters - Romantic Comedy - 'Meet the Parents'

As my chosen genre is rom-com/farce, I will now be looking at five different film posters which are from my chosen genre, and I will be analysing how conventions of genre comes across through elements such as taglines, reviews, colour scheme, the mise-en-scene of the image, stars and directors.

The first poster I will be looking at is Meet the Parents.

The rom-com/farce genre is portrayed in this poster through the following:

• Tagline - "First comes love. Then comes the interrogation". This definitely shows the genre of a rom-com as there is the mention of love, but also the "interrogation", which would possible be the bf/gf's family, which would be the conventional obstacle in the narrative, that may initially prevent them from being together.
• Tagline - There is also another tagline - "No Pressure", which sounds sarcastic, as if there will be a smug character (the father). This gives the opportunity for farce and comedy of something going wrong.
• Colour scheme - The colour scheme has cream and red parts, with the red connoting the feeling of love, as well as the cream colour showing a softness, typical of the rom-com genre.
• Mise-en-scene - The image is of Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro's characters, sitting down with Stiller wired up to a lie detector and De Niro with the control. This implies there will be conflict between the tow, but in an over-exaggerated, funny way.
• Stars - Ben Stiller is usually in funny, wacky comedies such as Zoolander and You Don't Mess with the Zohan. He has appeared in a number of romantic comedies, including Along Came Polly and There's Something About Mary. Whereas, Robert De Niro (even though he is in some comedies) he is usually in more serious films (though he has starred in romantic comedies such as The Intern). The clash of the two different actor's work, and acting styles, makes this comedic and farcical.
• Director - "From the director of 'Austin Powers'" This shows that the film will possibly be wacky and comedic like Austin Powers.
• Font - Serif font, with lots of the letters in lowercase, which is commonly used in rom-coms.