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In our second joke video, there was no dialogue, it was in black and white, and ragtime music was playing in the background. These qualities of the movie go along with the qualities of movies made in the nostalgic silent movie era. But even though its nostalgic, these qualities attributed to the rhythm of the movie. Like in old silent films, shots are slightly sped up, which keeps the audience's attention. Music also contributed to the rhythm; also the key and mood of the music matched up with the emotions and what's happening in the movie. For the element of space, we manipulated parts of the mac lab to represent different rooms in the house. A kitchen was drawn up on the dry erase board, even though its hard to see; the outside of the maclab was the boy's bedroom, and the floor that's just inside the entrance to the lab was the living room floor.

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In our first video, everything was filmed in the gridlab, so we had to use what was available to us in the grid lab to do our set design, which was a film noir according to the script. As for the audio, we filmed the movie first, then recorded the dialogue afterward, and ironically we had Lena act as the father but record her voice for the son, and me as the son but doing the father's voice. In the beginning of the film, after the boy starts using his dirty mouth, you see the father's face of disgust, creating subtext, telling the audience how the father is confused and how the audience should feel. Also, when the son is put in time out, you know how he is angry and pouting by his facial expression and his movements while crossing his arms. And while the son is in the corner, virtual lines from the door and the walls form a box around the son. Movement is established in this movie based on where the son is playing with his train. At first, he is metaphorically on his father's "bad" side when he uses words a young child shouldn't know. He comes back from timeout on his father's "good" side, and uses proper language...until the end when he offends his father.


The two movies had affinity because of their similar story lines, and that they both were supposed to appear nostalgic, even though were filmed with modern equipment. In contrast one is in color and dubbed over, while the other is in black and white and is silent with written dialogue. The silent film has the audience actively thinking when they see the exaggerated movements of the mother and child, and the characters faces, while the noir film is didactic in that the dialogue is spoken and you are told what's going on.