Blog 7

The two videos we made were from my script, Tony Pepperoni, the Meatball Lovin’ Son of a Bitch and Justin Matzen’s Toy Train. Both scripts followed a similar guideline but each writer included their own personal twist. For example, I added a flashback and Justin added a father into his script. Both scripts show CONTRAST and AFFINITY.

AFFINITY between the two videos are in MOVEMENT. The movement is similar because the only movement in the video is of the character because we were not aloud to use camera movements. In Tony Pepperoni, the shot of the mother stirring the pot while Tony plays with his train is an example of simple movement because they are only using there arms to move. The mother is moving her arm in a curvilinear direction and the son is moving his arm in a horizontal direction. In Both videos, when the son is being reprimanded, the mother is walking and flailing her arms showing an example of complex movement because several parts of her body are moving in different directions at different rates. Another similarity is that both videos are DIDACTIVE. There is no information you need to figure out for yourself.

CONTRAST between the two videos are in the SHAPE. Both of the mother’s in the videos had square faces, but the shape of the boy’s faces were different. The mother’s had square faces to show power. This was also SUBCONSCIOUSLY shown by camera angle. The difference of shape was shown in the boy playing with a train. In Tony Pepperoni, Tony had a circular face so he seems less harmful even though he is getting into trouble and swearing. In Justin’s video, the boy playing with the train has a triangular face to differentiate himself from his mother. This subconsciously shows how he is the antagonist. He also appears to be a troublesome character because of his triangular face.

Tony Pepperoni, The Meatball Lovin' Son of a Bitch

Toy Train