What's the key to making a comic relief character that doesn't backfire, and turn out to be annoying?
>>135434108
Not using it as a device to stop plot progression. Love comedies using a comic relief character to constantly cockblock the MC should die.
>>135434108
Have the comic relief be dark comic relief. Have the stuff which makes them funny be absolutely dark.
In this day and age we don't laugh at comic relief anymore, we are the suffering generation. We can't laugh unless it is cynical and bitter.
The key word there is "relief". They only come in to help alleviate tension, between serious parts of the story. If you don't give your audience a chance to breathe they get worn out and start to see the action sequences as a chore. The worst thing you can do is make the audience feel your action sequences are tedious rather than exciting, because that completely defeats the whole point of having an action sequence.
So you structure action sequences to last only a few minutes at a time. Have some build up, a tense moment, then a pay off. For action-heavy series you can do several of these broken up by little interjections of other scenes.
But comedic relief is more about the larger pacing of the story than the movement from scene to scene. It's just a similar concept for breaking up action and alleviating tension so the audience can get warmed up for another round of action. Like cuddling after sex.
>>135434268
Fucking this. But chances are if it isn't a comic relief character that stops plot progression, something else will.
>>135434341
Careful with that edge son
>>135434108
By giving them a reason to be a comic relief character. Why are they funny?
Also, by allowing them to not be on all the time. The "character" part of a comic relief character should be most important.
>>135434268
Comic relief is just one of many ways romcoms keep the story in limbo. They can just as easily use drama or outside tension to freeze things up if they are progressing too fast.
>>135434108
Make it funny ?
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>>135434108
Am I the only one who was reminded of this guy whenever Mako did her little spiel?
>>135434432
Yeah but he's right though
>>135434500
Mako's outbursts were actually relevant to what was going on, but they were done in such a bizarre, nonsensical manner that you could hardly follow her train of thought most of the time.
>>135434500
Ruby Rod was GOAT
>>135434500
>not only a leopard print shirt but a leopard print cane
Ruby Rod had such style.
>>135434404
>If you don't give your audience a chance to breathe they get worn out and start to see the action sequences as a chore
I have never understood this train of thought and to this day still don't believe it.
Show me an example of this happening.
>>135434909
Godzilla, as a franchise.
>>135435828
The older Godzillas had some comic relief between the kaiju, although it seemed cheesy to most.
In those movies you kind of have to embrace it's ridiculousness.
Keeping their shit to a minimum.
