Blog 7

For my groups joke videos we decided to make a silent film and a voice over film. In the silent film we used slides to show the audience what was happening in the movie. This is a type of didactic learning because we are actually writing the lines down. We also use a variety of actual and virtual lines. For actual lines we show the mother and the son looking at each other. We made sure all lines in the frame were focusing on the characters. We use virtual lines many times throughout this movie. These consist of the mother looking out of frame at her son playing. To create rhythm in this movie we used movement through the frame and secondary movements. Movement through the frame was used we the boy is exiting the room to go to time out. We use secondary movements because we only show movement of the arms. By keeping the camera still we used simple movements in our video. We also use shape in this video. The mother has a round head portraying her innocence and mother qualities. The boy has a triangle face showing that he is going to be bad. We use silent movie background music throughout this film. This music effectively uses tension and release to heighten the audience then bring them back down. The music starts off pleasant while the boy is playing but right before he is bad the music changes to a dark fast paced tone. This continues while the boy is being bad until he gets out of time out, when the music changes back to a pleasant tone.

In the second movie we used a voice over. This is a type of active learning because the audience must listen and make their own conclusions. We also used simple camera movements in this movie keeping the camera at the fixed position every shot. Rhythm is established by movement through the frame and primary and secondary movements. Movement through the frame is used when you see the mother walk up and grab the son’s leg. This shows her legs and arms moving portraying primary and secondary movements.