I like your concept of turning the tables on bullies, it's a heavy topic but putting a humorous spin on it really lightens the subject while keeping in mind the context. However, I'm not exactly sure if you are telling a different story so much as emphasizing the comedic value of it. I do like your incorporation of a rather ironic background track, "Ave Maria", since it's a pretty slow track which emphasizes the slow motion action of bullies "getting what's coming", even if I don't quite agree with that sentiment. I'm not quite sure if you reached your goal of putting a humorous spin to it though. Yes, the soundtrack was a great choice, and the slow motion at "the moment" built up to it, there is something inherent about the violence of the ensuing actions that just isn't funny. And maybe its the frustration of the bullied individual or something, but somehow it just remains as grave as the soundtrack. Which, when I think about it, might be the point. In anycase, this was well-made, though I'm not quite certain it did everything you wanted it to. Perhaps it would be funnier to just see the fails of a bully? It's not quite as comedic when the bully is beaten back as just -vengeful? satisfactory?
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Ricardo Tucker
Posted on 2015-11-10 09:26:45 -0500.
Although it is an interesting project idea, I am not sure if people standing up to their bullies is a topic that can quite be turned into a comedic moment. Really it comes down to whether or not the viewer finds the topic of violence to be humorous themselves. Since no matter what kind of music you play with the video, the viewer is still looking at people hitting each other, so there probably isn't much you can do to make them think it's funny if they don't think it is funny to begin with.
I like your concept of turning the tables on bullies, it's a heavy topic but putting a humorous spin on it really lightens the subject while keeping in mind the context. However, I'm not exactly sure if you are telling a different story so much as emphasizing the comedic value of it. I do like your incorporation of a rather ironic background track, "Ave Maria", since it's a pretty slow track which emphasizes the slow motion action of bullies "getting what's coming", even if I don't quite agree with that sentiment. I'm not quite sure if you reached your goal of putting a humorous spin to it though. Yes, the soundtrack was a great choice, and the slow motion at "the moment" built up to it, there is something inherent about the violence of the ensuing actions that just isn't funny. And maybe its the frustration of the bullied individual or something, but somehow it just remains as grave as the soundtrack. Which, when I think about it, might be the point. In anycase, this was well-made, though I'm not quite certain it did everything you wanted it to. Perhaps it would be funnier to just see the fails of a bully? It's not quite as comedic when the bully is beaten back as just -vengeful? satisfactory?
Although it is an interesting project idea, I am not sure if people standing up to their bullies is a topic that can quite be turned into a comedic moment. Really it comes down to whether or not the viewer finds the topic of violence to be humorous themselves. Since no matter what kind of music you play with the video, the viewer is still looking at people hitting each other, so there probably isn't much you can do to make them think it's funny if they don't think it is funny to begin with.
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