Bridget Jones's Diary analysis

Throughout the trailer of Bridget Jones's Diary there are many embarrassing moments, starting off with her big knickers when she is with her boss and then the karaoke when she is drunk and then finally when she answer the phone and says something rather inappropriate and then realises she is speaking to her father.  Fathers in romantic comedys tend to be hapless figures of fun and the father in Bridget Jones is exactly that - which is why her inappropriate sexual comment he overhears is of little consequence.

The main character is relatable in many different ways, you could relate to her if you are also finding it hard to find love or if your life is just one big mess. Moving onto the love interests, during the trailer we see 2 potential boyfriends, one is inappropriate and the other one is the man she should be with. As the audience we know which one she should choose but during the film its not that simple. There is mainly always a fight that happens during a romantic comedy as two men want the same woman. This is a clear convention shown in Bridget Jones's Diary, one of the men offer a fight to the other one, hoping that at the end of the fight either one of them would end up with Bridget.
The clear stereotypes is one being the fight between the 2 men because they are both interested in Bridget and Bridget being confused about who she should pick to be with.

Bridget Jones Diary is considered to be the archetypal romantic comedy - it has all of the expected generic conventions and was so popular with its target audience that it became a franchise. The main character is conventional because she is unsuccessful in her love-life and at work.  We all feel insecure and uncertain about whether or not we are fulfilling our potential - which is a reason why Jones is so likeable - the target audience can relate to her.  We see in the trailer shots of her embarrassing herself in regrettable situations at work.

Dramatic irony plays a part in romantic comedies with the audience knowing who is right or wrong for the lead character before they do - and in the trailer we find out that Hugh Grant's character is a workaholic and a pervert, the things she does not like but is attracted to.