The Release: The Crash & Deception

The Crash

Deception

The Review:

We took two very different approaches to our joke. The first, The Crash, is a literal interpretation of the joke itself. Where as the second, Deception, is a more abstract view of the joke. However much they are the different in their subtexts and text, they are similar in mechanics and binary. The two films utilized similar space and line, throughout the entire films. The two films also play with way information is transferred to the viewer.

The Crash and Deception utilize very similar space and line between characters. In the films the characters are placed right next to each other to symbolize mutual trust between the characters for this joke is base on deception. We when even further in The Crash and actually had the character with there arms around each other. Lines are establish between character eyes and since there is only two points of interest for the characters to acknowledge few lines are established. But these line lead the viewers eyes to the two characters, this line continually reestablished itself to reiterate this focus. Line is also very important to the understanding of these films. Line use in The Crash is very important because it is a silent film, so line is especially need to draw focus.

The two films are however differing in the way they present information to the viewer. In Deception we chose to go for a more didactive approach because there was a lot more information for the viewer to digest to we need to verbally give the information. Also because Deception is the more abstract of the two and the understanding of the joke may have been hard to achieve. However The Crash takes an active approach, letting the viewer watch and takes what they will and draws their own conclusion, this is done also with the help of the film being silent.