Intention

My original intention was to convey the general storyline of the entire movie through clips of various songs. During the process, however, I realized that there were several key scenes that I could not think of songs for. Though I eventually managed to include some of them, I still did not have enough segments to cover the entire story. As a result, the finished product ended up being more of a mishmash of somewhat disjointed clips. 

For the purposes of this assignment, this still seemed satisfactory, since each scene can be thought of as its own narrative, albeit very short and incomplete. In each segment, while the film and song are in the process of telling completely different stories, their contents still overlap for a short time. The humor comes from these similarities, despite the two components having drastically different contexts. This is how my video tells different stories: viewers are led to consider events from the film in the context of a particular song, and vice versa.

The underlying goal of humor was thus achieved, through contrasting serious and impactful scenes with often frivolous or otherwise ridiculous songs. At the end of the day, those mildly familiar with the movie’s events will still be able to interpret the story as a whole, while those who are not will still glean some enjoyment from each scene’s isolated events.