Funny AND Dramatic??

[TylerMat]

I am trying to write my own little shorts (possibly make into flash videos) about a group of Super heroes, who, well are just terrible at everything they do. I planned it as a comedy, and I think im doing a good job with it.

But about a week ago, I thought of a good story line, which would completly change things, Killing off a few people, some of them developing new powers, mutations, killing several innocent people, and the bad guy wins.

At first I thought this could be a last episode, sort of SERIES finale, but as a writer (a term used loosley) I couldn't do that, I want to explore how they deal with the loss and all the changes, the changed public opinion of them.

I think the bad guy winning story line I got is amazing, and would be perfect, but I think the dramatic effect of it would be watered down by the previous (and future) commedy/silliness of the whole project.

(After the bad guy winning, I would continue to make the project as it was before, funny, where they screw things up alot.)

I'm kind of torn between making a funny series and a dramatic series, so I want your opinions: Can something (whether it's mine, or someone else's) be both funny and dramatic? Will it be more of one and not the other, Will it be neither? Or Both?

 

[Eggyman]

This could really do with going in here, pal: http://forums.superherohype.com/forumdisplay.php?f=36

But I may as well give my 2 cents while I'm here. I don't think it has to be either or. I think drama is made greater when in contrast with humour, and it works the other way, too. The contrast will help both sides seem more than they actually are while also giving a nice balance to the work in question.

 

[jokersminion]

This could really do with going in here, pal: http://forums.superherohype.com/forumdisplay.php?f=36

But I may as well give my 2 cents while I'm here. I don't think it has to be either or. I think drama is made greater when in contrast with humour, and it works the other way, too. The contrast will help both sides seem more than they actually are while also giving a nice balance to the work in question.

I had a whole reply typed out and read Eggy's and noticed I was saying pretty much the same thing, just not as well. hehe
so
QFT

 

[TylerMat]

Thank you for the reply.

I was thinking about putting it in the fan fiction part, but the question was also directed at all movies, stories and any writings in general.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

Yeah, I think you can have a good mix of both.

 

[Joker]

Yes. A good example would actually be what Rooster Teeth has done with Red vs Blue. They started out as a total comedy, but have branched out telling more dramatic tales in the universe through minis, and are now doing some cross over stuff, where the funny characters meet the more serious ones.