What is Comedy?

I truly believe that laughter is the best medicine. Laughing at things that are sarcastic, or laughing at things that are just plain humorous often brings the question to mind, just what is comedy? How can someone find something so not funny to you completely hilarious? My video that I found on You Tube takes a humorous approach to this very question. As I just stated the purpose of this video is to provide entertainment to the viewer, and make some sort of witty attempt to identify the different types of humor that people find amusing. The focus for me is on the man falling. Throughout the whole video I remain focused on the charismatic little man. When he didn’t appear on the scene I was questioning what was happening, was he still falling, was he going to keep falling forever, would he die if he hit the ground? When he was on the scene I was watching what he was doing and how his actions were related to what the writing just shown had said. I think that the fact that there are no spoken words adds a certain element to the video. This along with the lack of color make the video appear as if it were an instructional video from the ‘40s. The background music also adds an old fashioned sense of humor to the video like the “I Love Lucy” shows. If you don’t pay attention to or understand the meaning of the words during the video, you will totally miss the humor of the whole video. This is a good example of how important written words are to a video, usually when you watch movies or videos you only pay attention to the spoken words, but this makes you realize the importance of written language. Whatever your personal classification of humor is, enjoy the video, and have a few laughs!

Blog Post 4

When looking for an image to post into my blog, I stumbled upon this image of the island Capri, off the coast of Italy. I knew that I had to publish this image, because it brings back many memories to me. This summer I toured Capri with my classmates as part of our senior trip. Looking at this image brings back the memory of the wind blowing through my hair as the boat zoomed around the island. My lips and face were crusted with a fine film of salt from the blue green water, and every time I licked my lips, an unpleasant taste filled my mouth. The sound of seagulls cawing mixed with the baritone voice of our tour guide as he pointed out various places of interest around the island.
The sun was hot, but the breeze coming off the water kept us cool as we rounded the island and spotted one of the most famous attractions in Capri, the Faraglioni, which are the three rocks shown in the image. As we sailed through the cavity of the middle rock, a sense of awe filled me. It became clear to me the amazement that the ancient Romans must have felt when they first came to find this island. The tour was over all too soon; as we climbed out of the boat I was tempted to go back and pay for another tour, just so that I could experience the beauty of the island all over again.
Today it still fills me with a sense of bewilderment when I see images of the beautiful island. To think that I was there once will never cease to amaze me. Those memories that were made there will always be with me; the feel of the island, the sights and sounds I will always remember. It’s a very cool feeling to look at the stunning images like the one that I have posted, and say, “Hey, I’ve been there!”