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