Evaluation

Funny In 15 Evaluation

Original Idea

The original idea was to film something funny in 15 seconds. The two Ideas’ my group picked was ‘Spanking the monkey’ and ‘Ken Barlow’s Dance’. It the latter’s case it was simply a guy (Joe) dancing whilst wearing a Ken Barlow mask whilst another guy (Cameron) wearing a Deirdre mask begs him to stop and cry’s. in the other idea a Lad (Cameron) catch’s his brother doing the deed of spanking the monkey.

Camerawork

The camera work for both projects was decent in my opinion. I was the cameraman for the spanking the monkey project, however Joe did the shot of Cameron going back down the stairs cause it was from a risky vantage point as seen in picture 1. I also like how my camera positions showed the journey up the stairs the the eventual pan shot (pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)

                                                                                                      

For the Ken Barlow Dance the camerawork was simple and just involved a stationary camera, so there was very little to do for Kyle.

However this is by no means a criticism of the camera work; it was what was intended for the production of ‘Ken Barlow’s Dance’ to work.

Editing

The editing process was a quick and simple one, being it needed to be only 15 seconds it wasn’t hard but, as pictures 2, 3 and 4 should demonstrate, Continuality was essential for the ‘Spanking the Monkey’ sketch. No effects were needed for the editing stages.

All the shots for the Ken Barlow one were quick cuts from one character to the other with no need for continuality checks. See pictures 7 and 8.

Audio/Dialogue

The audio and dialogue for the spanking the monkey one was spot on, but sadly the same cannot be said for the Ken Barlow one. This is for a few reasons the main one being the wind. The wind in the background made the dialogue of ‘No Ken, stop dancing’ barely distinguishable. It also took some of the humour from Ken’s (Joe) random dancing.

Characters

The characters in both projects, in my opinion, are clear on who they are and what role they play. The two lads from the ‘Spanking the monkey’ one was obviously a brother and the other was clearly (thanks to an illusion created under the duvet) was committing the act of spanking the monkey. The two characters from Ken Barlow’s dance were clearly supposed to be Ken and Deirdre hence the masks, but it would help if the viewer watches Coronation Street.

Overall Conclusion

In my opinion I think the better one is definitely ‘Spanking the Monkey’ because the gag was easy to guess, and was easy to understand. I just did not get the Ken Barlow gag, but I’m guessing that its randomness was supposed to be the funny bit. The filming of the first one was definitely the more fun and more organised, whilst the latter was rushed and done to quick. Also we were all laughing whilst filming the first one unlike in the latter where we just did it and went. This shows that they funnier (at least to us that made it) were the first one. Overall I think both came out good but the ‘Spanking the Monkey is definitely the better funny in 15.

Areas of Improvement

Improvement’s can definitely be made for the ‘Ken Barlow’s Dance’ because the gag was unclear, and we could have got a female role to play the part of Deirdre so as not to confuse the audience with what was going on. As for the ‘Spanking the Monkey’ I think it was very impressive and there is virtually nothing I can see that needs improving.