Our first joke video, titled “Ye Olde Room for Waitin'” takes the approach of a black and white silent film. Since we could not use synched audio for this project, we decided to insert piano music and put the dialogue on cards for the viewer to read (like an old silent film). We then acted in an overly dramatic, comical manner to make the viewer laugh at the video. This was an interesting approach because it conveys the punchline to the viewer without actually telling them the joke. Instead, this video is highly based upon visual cues and the movement of the characters to provide the entertainment. Movement is especially important since we were not allowed to move the camera during a shot. Instead, we had the characters move in interesting ways to keep the movie interesting. In a similar sense, we used space to establish depth within the frame as well as to make the video more comical. For example, we played with both space and movement to make the movie funnier when the doctor moves closer and closer to the girl until she is sitting on her lap.
Our other video, titled “The Ole' Switcheroo” tells the same joke. However, this video takes the plot in an entirely different direction, since the patient actually receives a female brain. This movie includes intentionally poorly-synched audio to add to the humor of the piece. This establishes both a contrast and affinity with the other video. It contrasts in both visual style, since it is actually in color and takes place in several different locations, as well as aural style, due to the fact that it not only has audio but uses it to tell the story. Though the two videos are different in many ways, they still tell the same joke, which is how the affinity is established. Finally, these videos make use of text and subtext in several ways. The both videos use text in their own unique ways. The first uses text literally, since the viewer must read the dialogue from the cards. The second video relies on the spoken dialogue and actions of the characters to provide the story's text. The second video also uses subtext, however, in the form of irony. The main character, the male patient, goes to the hospital to receive surgery to fix a problem with his brain. Ironically, however, he ends up receiving a female brain, which completely changes him and makes his problems worse.
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