This is my first example of a black comedy. Big Nothing is about a series of murders that go out of hand. Charlie is an ex-teacher turned reluctant call center employee who gets fired on the first day. Distraught on being unable to provide for his daughter Emily and cop wife, Penelope, he is suddenly contacted by Gus, an aspiring scam artist who presents Charlie with a seemingly snag-free plan to make some cash: Blackmail Reverend Smalls a man of the cloth, who's frequently turned up in the company database of visitors to illegal porn-sites. Gus plans on extorting Reverend Smalls, with the intention of publicly exposing his secret shame, should he refuse, with this scandal potentially destroying the man's career. Normally cautious Charlie, is keen on participating in this scam, confident that with this money maker he'll garner from the deal and will finally help turn things around for him and his family. Joined by one-time teenage pageant queen Josie McBroom Gus's ex, the plan goes ahead...but it all goes wrong as Reverend Smalls dies...thanks to this trio, with this only being the start of their troubles.Plot summary: http://www.imdb.com
From the cover of the film (above) the genre is given to the viewer step-by-step. The gun that Simon Peggs character is holder connotes a murder or death within the plot line and makes the audience thinks its crime drama. The typography used look very nitty-gritty and is erodded. There is also a axe with blood dripping from it which connotes horror. Then the designer has made the background a bright pink which contrasts the the other objects. This then impling the genre is a black comedy.
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