Blog Assignment 7

I used the video posted here to compare to our video.

When it comes to the talking about space in the two videos, you pretty much couldn’t be more opposite. Our video was very closed in the entire time, even when outside. All of the inside scenes were in pretty narrow spaces. When we did go outside there was always something behind the characters so it was still a fairly flat shot. On the other video however there were quite a lot of outdoor shots that gave the video an overall very open feel.

The use of shape in the videos was also present, but in different ways. In our video, shape was used more in the toys that Jimmy was playing with. The train was rather round, and so was the small ball he was playing with. Both of these shapes represent a sort of innocence from being a child. In the other video shape was also used to depict the characters but rather than being done by toys, it was done in the face shape. The male characters face was more of a round shape, which once again gives an impression of innocence.

Both of our videos also make use of tension and release, however in different ways. Our video really messes with tension throughout the entire video. Whenever Jimmy curses it creates a bit of tension as he is just a young kid and the mother doesn’t want him speaking that way. You get a bit of release when the mother interjects but then right away you get more tension when she starts using the language herself. The other video uses tension in a much more linear way. It just builds more and more as you realize that the girl might not be as nice as she seems.

Our videos also made use of contrast and affinity. Our video for the most part made use of affinity between the mother and son, mostly in their language used. The other video on the other hand made use of contrast between the characters, which was made more apparent by initially creating a false sense of affinity between them.