The Comedy Spirit of Externalization 1

Film has two essential to complete the process, a process is a film camera, a screen is the screening process. So in the selection and use of filming scenes as well as the audience's expectation field of vision in the process of screening beyond can clearly see the comedy spirit of externalization. 

Performance in terms of characters in the first place. Than the sense of comedy, drama, comedy in the film comedy characters more full, more the character's personality. 

Born at first in the western comedy is very pay attention to the exterior shape of comedian, Greek comedy, the actors always make very short coat, to highlight the "naked" : comedy actor in flesh-coloured on tights, also often add padding inside the body is fat fat, then cover with a "system". Through these, it is not hard to see drama clothing is given priority to with exaggerated sense of comedy, the local characteristics of such for the body of exaggeration and ugly in early Chinese drama has some similar characteristics. Audience will understand this is the one to make all sorts of strange expressions and actions titillating role. 

The Definition of Comedy Movies

Comedy movies, I believe, should have its own definition, it is different from in the sense of comedy, drama should be due to the particularity of film technique and technology has its own characteristics of style. Comedy film should be a kind of use of language and techniques to build an image world, the story of the building usually complete, character image more plump, table is way more diverse, usually with a happy ending, with funny laugh, for the purpose of the film.

A comedy movie concept contains three levels.

First, emphasis is to use the film language and technique, unlimited extension of space and time, although is not infinite stretched the length of the time, but for the time expression is extended. Movie broke through the drama of the fixed lens, single Angle, using flexible lens (panoramic, the middle distance and close-up, etc.), with long and to build a video too.

Second, the emphasis on construction of the story. This is similar and drama in the comedy. Only the story funny sex differs from tragedy to comedy and drama.

Third, the end of the comedy movies don't leave any shadow or the audience psychological damage, the audience after feelingTo happy.

The three characteristics of interdependence, or lack of one. The first characteristic can be different from drama in the sense of comedy, the second feature can be comedy movies and distinguished from other types of films, the third feature the most prominent feature of comedy can be covered. The three available comedy movies can be said.

My Short Film -- DATING

it is two little story about first love and dating, for many people, they was shy, nervours in the dating, expecially the first one, so it will be happened some funny or embarrassed things.

these two story is made for my comedy sound research, it is one of my experiences.

Presentation Draft in Second phase(2)

Movie sound right and clever apply, movie art is more close to real life, express emotional film, added image connotation, auxiliary images convey director of art theory, ideology and strengthen the artistic effect, in highlighting the lyricism of the film, dramatic and atmosphere play a special role. Movie sound effects will also be able to express feelings.

·         In general, a work of art, the author always on display in different degree of real life, fate, their ideological positions, emotional attitude. Different works of art in different ways, of all the arts, music is most suited to express emotion and inner subtle emotion.

a.   Mise-en-scene

the scene has a big opposite to the thing will be happened，such as, in a very beautiful garden, someone is walked on the forest, suddenly he hit a tree, or n a very elegant and quiet hotel, a couple is dating, suddenly the girl put the ass.

Colour

a.   bright

b.  colourful

c.   old film style

1.  学到的

通过第一个故事，让我更加了解音乐能够增强（strengthen）喜剧效果，同时通过第二个故事，我发现语言和声效也可以加强喜剧效果，when I edited it, I found that the freeze-frame, jump cut can make audience laugh. I think, frame skip and the old film's style of the color can make comedy more effective。 I used the Used the extreme close up to shot the actors’ action, it can zoom in the characters’ action, and enhance the effect of comedy.

新发现

When I research my project, I found a interest thing; in many of the western comedy, the display of the movies is mainly actor’s action, for instant, Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy, Pink Panther. But in the eastern comedy, especially Chinese humor, the display is mainly language, such as, Lost on Journey, Love is not Blind. It is related to the culture in eastern and western, more eastern is reserved and introverted, the western is extroversion and straightforward. I don’t want to evaluate which on is better, because they have their own advantage.

Any way, whether is expressed in humor, the film technique is the must important in both.

Presentation Draft in Second phase(1)

1. NEW PROJECT TITLE

When I research the cinematography with action to change comedy film more funnier, I can’t find more useful information, and at this time, I find that, the film technique have a important effect to comedy film. Cinematography is one of the film technique.

so, I decide to change the project title wider than before, and my new project title is: How can film techniques be employed to make a comedy funnier?

2. Film Technique

a.   Cinematography

·      Dislocation (Pink Panther)

·      Special shooting degree—low angle shot (), high angle shot(Lost on Journey), the shooting from spy hole (my photos).

·      Used the extreme close up to shot the actors’ action.（My film）

b.  Sound

·         Elements

Language, sound, and music.

Ø  The "human voice" is the most basic element in the film sound

Ø  "Music" the first to enter the silent film, and play an important role in the film works

Ø  The "sound effect" is the most important elements in the film sound.

·         Effect

1. Lyric function, promoting the development of the plot. 

The lyric of music is the most appealing features. In the film music display this function more sufficient, And it can promote the development of the plot.

In the comedy, apply colours to a drawing atmosphere and the actor's actions to comedy to a climax.

2. The character image. Film and television art characters in the image not only by the appearance of actors, Body language, and lines to create, In the shaping of sound image is also very important.

3. To attract viewers' attention, arouse audience's association.

Briskly in the comedy music relaxes the audience pleasure,

Let the audience to find the laughing points.

Anyway, music in the film and television works of art are much more than replace subtitles, take the place of live band, Music have become an integral part of the film and television art language. The sounds on a film and television works also bring us the enjoyment of art.

Music can arouse people's emotions, the appropriate music in the beginning, can quickly grasp people attention, and appreciate the film.

Film Technique in Comedy---Sound

Comedy of the sound

1. Lyric function, promoting the development of the plot. 

The lyrics of music is the most appealing features. In the film and television music display this function more sufficient,And it can promote the development of the plot.

In the comedy, apply colours to a drawing atmosphere and the actor's actions to comedy to a climax.

2, the character image. Film and television art characters in the image not only by the appearance of actors, Body language, and lines to create, In the shaping of sound image is also very important.

3, to attract viewers' attention, arouse audience's association.

Briskly in the comedy music relaxes the audience pleasure,

Let the audience to find the punchline.

Anyway, music in the film and television works of art are much more than replace subtitles,

Take the place of live band,  Music have become an integral part of the film and television art language. The sound on a film and television works also bring us the enjoyment of art.

Stupid people dinner background music easily, cooperate with the character's actions, loosen the mood of the audience, let the audience into the film finds the punchline.

Music can arouse people's emotions, the appropriate music in the beginning, can quickly grasp people attention, appreciate the film.

Movie sound right and clever apply, movie art is more close to real life, express emotional film, added image connotation, auxiliary images convey director of art theory, ideology and strengthen the artistic effect, in highlighting the lyricism of the film, dramatic and atmosphere play a special role. Movie sound effects will also be able to express feelings.

In general, a work of art, the author always on display in different degree of real life, fate, their ideological positions, emotional attitude. Different works of art in different ways, of all the arts, music is most suited to express emotion and inner subtle emotion.

Many image is reflected in Chaplin had little common helpless and helpless, also with its funny itself attached to each other, when we think of Chaplin of shape, he live in the silent environment as well as the rubber plate of music in a big hat and the bow-legged image, all seemed to him. And the great dictator, to a certain extent, is for the characterization of subversion, first of all, is the Chaplin will two opposite characters, dictators and jewish barber --Behave like a real two people; The second is the rise of VCR and the film quality of change, make the whole become language movies and realism; Finally is the Chaplin's political attitude.

Film technique--Sound 7

The human voice is a film and television sound is the most basic element, it prompts sound emotions and state of the object (the role of intonation), suggesting that the to sound the object individual characteristics and personalities; Music and sound is not the language, but at some point in the film and television works worth a language - vague language. Music and sound is not intuitive picture, nor the accuracy of literary language, but it can make a high degree of generalization. Summarized an atmosphere; an emotion; certain image; an era; a nation; well as a characteristic style. But they have their own distinctive feature of the music is good at freehand, sound good documentary.

After the film sound research (not only comedy films' sound), I find that the movie sound is not just the means of service of the screen, its role is to explain and expand art outer space to make the picture more realistic, which is itself a manifestation of the way. Sound constitute the role in the film and television work is not limited to, the human voice, music and sound these three types of film and television sound elements are interdependent and mutual penetration and interaction.

After that research, I did the comedy films' sound and conclusion some thinking about the sound in my comedy, and I did one short film for my comedy sound research.

Film Technique--Sound 6 (about Sound 2)

(A) sound with a description of the role (documentary or role)

"Sound" with a description of the role of objective reproduce the sound of people and events that the environment in which it exists, can be more accurately reflects the environment, enhance the atmosphere of authenticity. Is to enhance the realism of the film "virtual reality". Bottle landed issued and broke the sound; issued in a violent storm, thunder, wind, and so on.

(B) The audio performance of the role (or dramatic effect)

The audio from the performance of the role of specific performance through the use of the sound originality, artistic implication directly strengthen the theme of sublimation. "Eternal wave" the use of sound is also very exciting. The enemy break on the small attic, packed together around Li Xia behind. But his calm set in the givers of life and death, as he dedicated his comrades in Yan'an final telecommunications. The foreground is his calm in the transmission lines on the screen, of Li Xia neither rhetoric nor tense posture and body movements, and even the eyes do not look behind - see. Very quiet, very quiet, quiet latent struggle of swords - piece, we only hear a bunch of "clacked" transmitter fine ring. Rhythmic Telegraph fine sound, portrayed Li Xia, who has lofty ideals, fearless, heroic image of the death-defying communist played a very important set off role.

In the movie, unreal sound people believed, this is the genius of the movie sound false. For example phone Tingtongli came clear words on both sides, which is not possible in real life, or secret phone does not make people listen to Amby? However, to do so in the movie, but you certainly will not feel false. Director purpose of doing so is to be the voice of the "close-up", and the audience is also director holding, can not wait to understand what is telephone Tingtongli speak.

"Close-up" sound more in the thrilling cracked piece. Our film ", in the Yangcheng Anshao" scout practice (played by Feng Zhe) tracking spy in Guangzhou on the boat, at the critical moment, he found a jewelry box with a time bomb in the cargo hold of the pile of goods. He was busy close to the jewelry box to the table rail hear which issued a series of "tick tick" sound, the audience also heard, and then this voice is getting loud, very vividly rendered explosion in the nick of tension suspense.
"Zoom" sound to render the quiet atmosphere, the film is very good move. The dead of night, the clock ticking, the sound of water dripping from the eaves, the night wild Qiuchong the chirping sound ... in the movie are untrue true. Ancient Chinese poem "Chanzao Lin stiller, more secluded mountain birds", said is the truth.

(C) audio group then the role of the structure of the film.

The so-called audio montage, this role is mainly used to make the film space conversion, the plot changing echoes through, showing a unique style of art forms. A voice can be two different time. For example, in the Soviet film "dawn quiet ...", of War female soldiers heard the sound of cuckoo heard this cry of the cuckoo and ten years later the peacetime another girl looked up lens connected together, two times closely linked in sharp contrast.

The Language of Comedy 2

Don't think of a fine, that is regarded as treasures, to use. Comedy language must be closely to the development of characters and plots. If only cherish a word in isolation, but forget the characters and plot, no matter how beautiful the words, also is not good. Words, characters, plot, can immediate role, or make full hall laugh, or make four nods. When I modify the script, I do not hesitate to delete quite proud of sentences. Plot is more, the language also have to follow to change. It should be cruel to give up what one favours. 

Xiehouyu with a role in the right place, but avoid by all means no matter where, must be used. In our daily life, xiehouyu is of some use. Therefore, properly use on the stage, also is both humorous and friendly. But, anyway, xiehouyu is always borrowed, not we create, use inappropriate or too much, but we will only be copied, annoying. I have seen a drama, each of these roles all love said xiehouyu, pour is like xiehouyu experts in the meeting. This should be controlled, don't make overrun. 

Film Technique--Sound 6 (about Sound 1)

The last one is "Sound", the "sound" is the most important elements in the film sound.

Sound In addition to the human voice and the music in the film and television temporal relationships between nature and man-made environment sound. In the art of film and television, the sound is not simply mimic natural sound, but as an art element into the film, a film and television art unique means of expression. It is the objective world and the art world exist in the form of important elements. Record analog audio are for real, rich and vivid demonstration of the objective reality of the world.

In film and television works, sound can have a lot of different classification. Purposes of sound audible property can be divided into action Audio, refers to the various creatures in the film and television work, including the sound of people, animals, plants and other action, such as footsteps, slap each other percussion ; natural sound means exist in nature, such as the sound of water, wind, sea howling, the sound of thunder; mechanical sound, by definition, refers to the sound in the operation of the various machines; sound of war means the sound of war-related weapons or military equipment: all kinds of guns, explosions, bullets whistling, fighters subduction sound; animal sound emitted by the variety of animals in nature; There is also a special after special sound of the electronic equipment processing, such as the sound objects moving in a vacuum, a variety of low-frequency sound, we have never seen the sounds of ancient organisms, are to undergo a change the sound processing. Further, in order to work in easy to distinguish the various audio, can be divided into the main sound and background sound; or divided into about contemporaneous tone tone according to its production shape.

Sound of the voice of the entire film accounted for the largest proportion. In general, it accounts for about a third of the sum of the sound
Second, this means not only the audience from a film sound artistic feeling up to, but also means the artistic function it can play many. For example, to show the real environment, the gas train whistle you into the waiting room, the school bell to make you feel in the midst of the classroom ...... filmmakers often use
Auditory experience of the audience, has a characteristic sound to fully demonstrate the environmental space.

Film technique--Sound 6 (about Music 5)

(D) contribute to the formation of the rhythm of the screen, and strengthen the structure of the film

The music for the film with a strong sense of rhythm, which itself has a different rhythm, rhythm screen in the film and television works with the music, there are also different rhythms, such as the length of the screen, the lens sliding pan speed and so on. A combination of both if used properly, contribute to the formation of the rhythm of the screen, to strengthen the structure of the film. German film "Run Lola Run" almost throughout with simple melodies, strong dynamic music and effects exaggerated sound, interspersed with occasional lyrical and romantic songs and music static field. This combination of static and dynamic rhythm caused by a strong appeal brought the audience is simply a visual bombing; contrast, Bill Auguste movie "good wishes" the last scene, through a relatively quiet athletic screen structure, lyrical rhythm started slowly, I had nearly reached the saturation point of the emotional, received the last shot of the entire film - a vision of the fixed-length lens, the entire film is the emotional culminated deeply emotional rhythm impress the hearts of the audience.

At the same time, it is sometimes possible to use music to change the rhythm of the screen. If the screen is formed on the clip for a longer period of strong rhythm, viewers accept this longer strong, fast content psychologically prone to fatigue when using soothing smooth music, the strong Quick screen rhythm leveled. For example, the feature film "American Art History is to introduce the history of the development of the United States of America the two hundred years of photography, painting, music, architecture, film and other art, the entire film is the length of time of only 20 minutes, since the content is very rich, and many paragraphs of the screen can only be flashed in a very short period of time, the screen outside the fast-paced, but the music is not all fast, sometimes very broad stretch of slow-paced music, change the screen caused by rapid, nervous, dizzying state of psychological feelings of the audience with Zhang relaxation, in a relaxed frame of mind to accept the screen provides a wealth of information.

In short, the rhythm of the music to be subordinated to the rhythm of the screen, audio-visual effects services for the entire film, in addition to some music directly involved in the specific circumstances to become the upper and lower lens or skip conversion lens adhesive, giving impetus to the story development, and to enhance the role of the film structure. For example, in the titles of "Animal World", a period of strong rhythm, tonality changing music group then. Habits of a group of tigers, lions, dolphins, penguins and other animals, the body, the characteristics of the lens of the screen accompanied by a fast-paced beat quickly convert, it is smooth and natural, in order to manifest the music group then screen, and strengthen the function of the film structure.

Film technique--Sound 5 (about Music 4)

(C) render the atmosphere, heighten the emotional

The atmosphere people exposed emotional formed environmental effects. In people's daily life, using music to add atmosphere examples abound, especially in a strong sense of the feelings of the people, is absolutely indispensable rendering of music to heighten the mood. General use of the principle of unity of sound and picture in the film and television works for the screen accompanied by the same music with its atmosphere, thereby strengthening the visual effects, rendering the atmosphere heighten the mood.

   Such as the feature film "Wonderful" (Director the Yigong composer Lu Qiming). See people and things through the eyes of the little girl Eiko performance of the twenties and thirties south of Beijing customs, expression of Lin Hai-yin from the memories of these events caused the kind of "away from me" melancholy feelings and homeland. To this end, the film director Yigong provisions of the emotional tone of the whole film is a touch of sadness, and fell Acacia. " Composer Lu Qiming accordance with the general tone, the choice of the twenties and thirties popular school song "Farewell" is the main theme of the music of the film, and the use of unconventional orchestration, only a string orchestra and hold sheng unique folk instruments, a very simple and concise language of music for the whole film to render a melancholy feeling of farewell. This mood music titles music show in the middle of the film has been revealed. At the end of the film is far more intense, the background music of the screen in the light of the string orchestra under weak accompany hold Sheng playing the song "Farewell" withered, this gentle, Shudan music, appropriately, including but not exposed to rendering that "touch of sadness, a deep love" feeling.

In some large-scale action movies and tension, horror films, rendering music plays an important role, they are more the state of people's mental activity, with the screen, rendering and creating tension with some exaggeration, an atmosphere of terror. Such as in feature film "Renyuehuanghun", the beginning of time, the hero in a small shop to buy cigarettes, the screen color dark blue tones, deep night, the store owner, and folks lens quickly flashed, demonstrate their wandering and panic look, the hero with the eyes of the shop owner looked back, all looked puzzled. This is with screen music composer Ye Xiaogang symphony played in the loud area gently discordant melody, played a few discordant interval intermittent wind instrument, and the sound of the wind whistling sound effects, combined, gives a dark, fear, the feeling of fear.

The music is composed by the type of melody and rhythm, and each of them has a different emotional colors. Performance sad atmosphere of music, often slow-paced, prolonged sound, slow, melodic lines downstream, low tone; performance the panic atmosphere music rhythm decisive, dissonant chords, efforts to change and suddenly; performance calm and warm music is often smooth rhythm, speed moderation, melodic, multi-string musical instrument. A suitable music to express a certain kind of mood, more often than other simple text, pictures and other forms of performance works much better. So we tend to say that the performance of the mood and atmosphere of music expertise, rendering the atmosphere, heighten the emotional music as a means of artistic effect.