Jokes

Our two videos were based on the baked beans joke.  My video was a little more liberal with the story, while Nate’s was more true to the original joke.  Nate’s video used line when Harrison was looking at the engine of his broken down car.  The lines of the parking spot center on him and puts the eyes toward him when viewing the video.  The other thing that Nate’s movie did was use rhythm when he walks by the curtains in the diner.  It makes the shot feel smoother and gives the eyes a certain rhythym to look at.  My video used a lot less movement in it, as it was mostly about the emotions rather than the actions.  Nate’s had the character walking all over the place, adding to the idea that he was on his way home.  My video also had a lot of tight shots that really show off the emotion of the main character, portrayed by yours truly.  By showing the tight shot, you can see facial expressions and how said the character actually is, like when I am seen eating the beans underneath the staircase. You feel bad for the character, who has given into his horrible bean addiction.  Both videos used a lot of tension and release, in that they started off with eating of beans, and then tension came with the gaseous feeling or eating of the beans.  All was released at the end when the family was in the room while both people were farting continuously.  This added to the humor.  The movies use straight  text instead of subtext.  The joke is straight forward with no hidden meaning at all.  There is no other way it could have been to add subtext, or the joke would have made little to no sense.