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.
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In my picture, I decided to zoom in on a Helen Frankethaler piece of artwork entitled “Left Handed Purple.” The piece consisted of more of the brown, white and black lines before I zoomed in on the corner that included a red dot and a green paint brush mark, which to me seemed to depict a type of flower, most likely being a rose. The idea of what the blotch is is subjective to whoever views it. The red has a lot of visual intensity and really drew my attention that part of the page. Because of the contrast to the brown, black, and white I was immediately looking at the part of the picture that I zoomed in on. The affinity of the darker parts lets this red and green spot stand out. I placed the red spot where it would also stand out with the rule of thirds, but unlike in the original, I moved it closer to the upper right third. Previously it was in the lower right third. I created a Mid Shot (MS) on the red spot, as it was previously included in a long shot (LS). I think this made the picture seem more intimate. Now the red and the green are right up in the front and now can be noticed more than they was before. I also used the idea of lines that point to the red, including the black line that is in the white that seems to end up at the red. The white line itself also points to the rose and so do the edges of the black and brown sections on the top and bottom of the painting. It makes the eyes travel the path of the lines and end up on the red blotch, which is exactly where I tried to focus attention.
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