Love Tap

Love Tap is about a man who is trying to find love. He liked this girl in his office but he never talked to her and found out she got engaged. He was then told by his colleague to not let love pass you and to make the first move. He then is driving home and sees a blonde girl next to him driving and comes up to the lights and bumps into her so he then has her number. They then go onto get married, have kids etc; but then a twist! She says you never bumped into me you still have your foot on the brake, then goes back to the car scene where another girl from work bumps into him and that is the end.

I chose this film as it appears to fit into the Romcom genre and I thought it would be good to talk about a hybrid. Also it has a good narrative and a good twist at the end.

 

 

A social group that is relevant to this film would professionals at the organisation. It was Seth’s co-worker that told him he can’t wait for a girl to bump into him and to take opportunities when they come about. But in actual fact at the twist at the end he was chasing after the wrong girls and a girl bumped into him from his workplace and made the first move, not Seth

 

 

The genre used in this film, according to IMDB is just comedy, but I would class this as a hybrid of Comedy and Romance: a Romcom. As Steve Neale said, texts often exhibit the conventions of more than one genre; which is why I would say it’s a Romcom. Seth is represented as a character that chases after girls who are too good for him and appears not to have much luck in his love life. With the clothes he wears, he appears to be the archetypal stereotypical old fashioned person who is caught wearing a sweater another old person is wearing. When he sees the girl of his dreams in the car, he takes off the sweater as to say that has been putting girls off him before and then he goes ahead to dream about them getting married, have children and grow old. Even when the dream is over and the girl bumps into him he finally finds his true love; so taking off the clothes he wore before when he couldn’t find love, turns out to be the right result for him. At first it was a negative representation as he was seen to be the guy that doesn’t find love but it turned around in the end.

Priscilla is the girl Seth thinks he has fallen in love with, as he bumps into her car it all starts from there. She is represented as the better offer for Seth after chasing after a girl he had no chance with. As it goes through the film she is represented to have the ideology of a traditional couple’s life and what every girl dreams of; having a loving husband, nice home, and children.

This film deals with the issue about love and sexuality. Seth was rejected by the girl he liked and it can put down your self-esteem and can make you think about your sexuality and who you love and who you have feelings for. But in the end he crashes his post trolley into a girl, in which you can tell she likes him and the twist is at the end she bumps into his car as if they were made for each other when he bumped into her pushing the post trolley. So he realised once she liked him, he knew his charm for liking girls was still there. Because he bumped into her she thought the same, as if it was fate them two have been bought together in the office and then to meet on that same road later on. But in between that story is the issue of Seth not going for it as he was just dreaming what would happen instead of actually making it happen.

 

 

The plot of the story is that a man (Seth) likes this girl that he can’t get, then bumps into another girl whilst he was driving as he was told he has to make the first move; they then go on to get married and have kids but then realise it was only his dream and she drives off. Then another girl from work bumps into him as she likes him and that is where it ends.

With regards to the story of the film we don’t know the full story but because the audience is actively involved we can take a good guess: there is a man (Seth) who has wanted to get with this girl for months and months but hasn’t had the guts to speak to her. When he finally does want to speak to her he finds out she actually got engaged. He is then told to make the first move. The next bit is the same as the plot until the ending where we can imagine the rest of the story will be they will get together and have that life he dreamed of and live happily ever after. The plot and story in this film relate because we don’t know the story but we can imagine what the story is just from the plot. I have managed to have a good guess at the story and that was just by watching the film. As the spectator can tell the story they get to know the film more and can get into it a lot better as they know the story and can tell how it will end in the future.The age of which people would watch this film would be aged around 18-30 as its suited for teenagers as it’s not over the top with the romance and also the comedy element makes the film enjoyable whilst conveying a serious message. It’s also suitable for anyone older than teenagers too as you could relate the characters to yourself.  Gender wise, females would be the majority of the audience, but it’s not restricted just to them, some males that enjoy comedy mixed with romance and a good story line will enjoy this film too.