Survey of Sound and Silence

I send the questionnaire of the sound comedy and silence comedy to investigate and result my research.

According to research,

Almost people more enjoy the sound one.

From this follow chart we can see that, audience think that editing, cinematography and the timing are funnier in the silence one

So they think that editing, cinematography and the timing can bring laughter to them, it prove that, the editing, cinematography and the timing in this one improve the comedy effect.

In the sound one, audiences the most like timing in this comedy, and the music, canned laughter sound effect and the editing is funnier that cinematography and color. So they think that the timing, music, canned laughter sound effect and the editing can bring laughter to them, it prove that, the timing music, canned laughter sound effect and the editing in this one improve the comedy effect.

From this research we can result that:

“the idea that canned laughter is an effective method to increase laughter and positive responses." (Platow, M. J., Haslam, A., Both, A., Chen, I., Cuddion, M., Goharpy, N., Maurer, J., Rosini, S., Tsekouras, A., & Grace, D. (2005)."Music tells us a lot and it can replace words if it is further emphasized by good body language and facial expressions.".(Tom and Jerry-use of music to narrate story, 04/02/2008) and "Comedy need aftertaste, if we cannot control the rhythm of action, audience will feel boring or noisy. When the complicate dialogs are changed the characters' body action, the film will show more clear action line, more direct and lively dialogs, at the same time, humors also nearby people."(said by the Chinese drama actor--Xiaogang Su in a interview by sina, 27/08/2010) is correct. But my audience that I researched are 18-25 years old, so it has some incorrect, but this is a part research.

According to these feedbacks from my audiences, I can conclusion that, film technique can improve the comedy effect.

References:

Platow, M. J., Haslam, A., Both, A., Chen, I., Cuddion, M., Goharpy, N., Maurer, J., Rosini, S., Tsekouras, A., & Grace, D. (2005)

Amarit, (04/02/2008) wordpress, http://amarit04.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/tom-and-jerry-use-of-music-to-narrate-story/, 22/10/2013

Ran Mu, (27/08/2010) sina, http://ent.sina.com.cn/j/2010-08-27/12153066551.shtml, 11/2013

Re-editing(2)--Sound(3)

Music：

I put funny music into my sound film at 2’56’’, because the climax in this film is the part of stealing. When I put a funny music and combined the rhythm speed of timing, it can bring a funny feeling to audience, and at the same time, I create a feeling like relax or nervous. Because I research the theory about that sound can affect comedy effect, I think this way can make the comedy effect stronger.

Other Sound Effect：

I put a sound effect into my sound film at 2’35’’,

Because I want to improve the small punchline which the stealer shows different attitude to the toy.

In the final part—the same ads (4’31’’), 

I used the typewriter and seal sound effect, I want to high light the ads’ message. After the end of the lightly typewriter, a weight sound of seal drop down, that can let people notice the ads, and depth the image of the ads.

Re-editing(2)--Sound(2)

Canned laughter：

Research supports “the idea that canned laughter is an effective method to increase laughter and positive responses." (Platow, M. J., Haslam, A., Both, A., Chen, I., Cuddion, M., Goharpy, N., Maurer, J., Rosini, S., Tsekouras, A., & Grace, D. (2005). For this effect, I added many canned laughter in this comedy, and I added different level laughter for different punchlines, it mainly shows the strength of the laughter. At the same time, according my supervisor David advice to me, I delayed each of canned laughter by about 0.2 to 0.5 seconds to give enough reaction time of audience.

References:

Platow, M. J., Haslam, A., Both, A., Chen, I., Cuddion, M., Goharpy, N., Maurer, J., Rosini, S., Tsekouras, A., & Grace, D. (2005)

Re-editing(2)--Sound(1)

Because I researched more about the using of film technique in comedy and a new part--Timing in comedy film, I re-edit my comedy film--good night. I had already finished writing my result of written survey in my blog. This re-editing aims to realize and summarize my research results.

In this sound comedy, I firstly put the part of the master eat medicine into the ending used by memory, it can make film more clear. Then I put timing, canned laughter music and sound effect into this comedy to strong the comedy effect.

Timing:

I changed the speed of time, which is 80% slower than original one in 2’57’’ and 3’01’’.

 

I want to show the time when thieves steal very careful, and at the same time, I want to create a nervous feeling. The similar part also shows on the celebrating (3’27’’, 3’33’’).

I changed the speed of time into 200%-300% in 2’59’’ and 3’02’’ because I want to show the snickers and eager when the thieves stolen the things, and at the same time, I decide to create a funny and easy feeling.

Because I researched the theory which shows timing can affect comedy effect, I think this way can make the comedy effect stronger.

Re-editing(1)--Silence(2)

I want to increase the effect which uses the rhythm to control the feeling of audience, and at the same time, I want to create a feeling about confusion and confounded. The similarly style also shows at the part of stealing, celebrating and the time after the house-owner waked up (1’23’’, 1’45’’ and 1’57’’).

Because I believe that timing can affect comedy effect, I decide to use this style to make the comedy effect stronger.

In the silence comedy, I had changed the color of the film, from beginning 0’01’’to the ending 2’14’’, I use the color effect—50s style, because the story is happened in night, when I put the 50s black & white color effect, it can let the lighting in film more bright and prominent. With the aim of making the film clearer, I also changed the brightness contrast.

Re-editing(1)--Silence(1)

Because I researched more about the using of film technique in comedy and a new part--Timing in comedy film, I re-edit my comedy film--good night. I had already finished writing my result of written survey in my blog. This re-editing aims to realize and summarize my research results.

This time I use two sound and color styles to edit my film, because I research the using of sound and timing in comedy movies. One is silence film, another one is sound film, and then I put timing in both of them.

In the silence one, I changed the speed of playing in this film; Also I changed the speed into 200% from 0’01’’ to 1’23’’.