Nathan's Video
Alex's Video
The two joke videos that our group created have contrast and affinity. The first video, my video, follows the story line of the joke exactly while Alex's video has some changes. I like the fact that we had one video follow the joke and the other go its own way because it helped us figure out which way worked better. We decided that my joke worked better because it was easier to follow. In the first video there was a lot of movement. Each scene started and ended with the character entering or exiting the shot. This created movement by making the audience's eyes follow the character and it created a sense of plot movement through out the video. The second video didn't have as much movement because most of the shots were of the character or characters in one place. Both videos used space similarly; almost every scene was a tight shot of one character, or just a few, in a small space. This enabled us to show the character's emotions very well because the audience can always see their faces. Another element that the first video had was rhythm. In multiple shots there we used backgrounds to move the audience's eyes with rhythm across the screen to a certain point. Another element that we used in both videos was tension and release. At the end of both videos the character's farting built up tension in the audience, when we revealed the other characters across from him we gave the audience release because they realize what was actually happening and laughed at the joke. All jokes create tension and release by making the audience think one thing and then tell them another.
