Blog 7

A Fools Game

My group chose to use joke number 6:

JOKE #6

A very shy guy goes into a bar and sees a beautiful woman sitting at the bar. After an hour of gathering up his courage, he finally goes over to her and asks, tentatively, "Um, would you mind if I chatted with you for a while?"

 She responds by yelling, at the top of her lungs, "NO! I won't sleep with you tonight!" 

 Everyone in the bar is now staring at them. 

 Naturally, the guy is hopelessly and completely embarrassed and he slinks back to his table.

 After a few minutes, the woman walks over to him and apologizes. She smiles at him and says, "I'm sorry if I embarrassed you. You see, I'm a graduate student in psychology, and I'm studying how people respond to embarrassing situations."

 To which he responds, at the top of his lungs, "What do you mean $200?!"

Our two approaches to presenting the joke were very different; however, due to the fact that they were both filmed in the same location, the use of line, shape, rhythm, space and movement are very similar in both videos. In the first video, Whats the Worst that Could Happen?, we used color and audio. The second video, A Fools Game, had the appearance of a 1920's silent film. The contrast in the use of color in the videos emphasized that the fact that they took place in different time periods. The video in color is intended to look modern while the black and white video is meant to take place in the late 1800's.

Both videos display affinity through the use of visual rhythm. The bottles on the shelves behind the bar establish a constant visual rhythm consistent in both videos. In both videos, there is an over the shoulder shot of two characters with the bottles in the background.

The videos also share affinity through the use of line. In Whats the Worst that Could Happen?, the lines created by the bar lead you right to Tony and Mike. In A Fools Game, the lines lead you right to Janette.