Joke Video Assignment (Blog 7)

Beans

A Wonderful Escape

The joke videos take a different approach towards telling the joke. One is very literal and straight to the point like the joke and the other takes a more creative approach to the video. Both videos used lines to help frame the characters in the clips which drew the attention of the audience towards the characters. There were was also similar rhythm used throughout both the movies.  These are shown by the rhythm of the windows on the diner which are within equal distances of each other creating visual rhythm.  Another way there is rhythm shown is by the character walking in the scenes which also creates visual rhythm within the scene without moving the camera. The difference between the movies comes in the visual representation of Tension and Release and Contrast and Affinity. There is more tension shown in the video A Wonderful escape because the screen actually goes dark and all you hear is the audio and the release happens when the screen flips back from the black to the people sitting at the table. There is also more contrast and affinity used in A Wonderful Escape as well. The beginning scene uses a lot of contrast with the darkness of the characters surroundings compared to the very colorful and warm colored flame. There is also affinity used in the Beans movie because everything is light and colorful throughout the movie there is no darkness outside or in the character’s surroundings.