Video Joke Reflection

Hello again friends and welcome back to Rush Delivery.  This is a reflection of the joke videos which you can find below.

Joke #1

Joke #2

Our first video was a Star Wars themed take on the joke assigned to us.  To give ourselves a good contrast we used a 1930s black and white themed video, with the saloon style piano and speed up shots to give it that old time feels.

            When looking at the movement found in both joke interpretations we see a few differences.  In the first clip movement is used in the establishing shot to make it seem as though Mike Skywalker, the protagonist, is appearing out of nowhere via the alley.  It’s also used to show the cars zooming towards each other right before the crash, which helps builds tension.  The second clip also uses this shot, with the bikes coming directly at the screen, again giving you the illusion both characters are moving fast and it opposite directions.  We also had our main character moving right to left throughout the clip, while the female character moves left to right.  This also makes you feel like the two our veering inevitably towards one another.

           We also used line when deciding on where we should film and how we wanted to guide the audience.  In the first clip line is used in the second scene, outside of the store.  The handrails direct your eyes to the left showing where our hero plans to continue onward.  It is also evident in the second clip in the scenes depicting our two characters traveling.  As one moves from right to left and the other from left to right, virtual lines signify that they are moving opposite of each other and will eventually collide.

            Contrast and affinity played a large role in our joke renditions.  Both clips contrasted each other because of the cinematic style we chose to follow.  Since the first clip is based on Star Wars we used the scrolling text at the intro, appropriately themed music throughout, and our character had mind powers because he was a Jedi.  The second clip had saloon piano and numerous sped up/slowed down shots to give it that old time feel.  The affinity plays into storyline because both clips were based off the same joke.  There had to be a crash, there had to be a male and female character, and there had to be a bottle of alcohol involved.      

            Tension and release was used in both joke versions.  In the first joke we build tension via the music that gains volume and intensity as the scene develops, ending with a more relaxed version of the same tune when Mike puts the girl back in her car.  In the second clip tension is built as both characters bike aimlessly on the streets, yet because of the shots used you feel like they may collide at some point.