- What are some "moves" you see in these videos?
Some of the moves used in the videos is casual narration to the point where it feels like he is talking directly to you (the viewer) not a large audience of people that are going to see his video on youtube. He also uses a lot of repetition to stress a particular move (literally) he wants you to do with your paintbrush. He also uses very creepy little comments like “Look up close right here” or “I’ll show you another little trick”. In the Disney video they also have a narrative style where it seems as if all of the artists disagree/take on a different approach to drawing the same tree. The artists are very creative in the way they paint the trees as well as the way they approach them.
- How do these artists (Bob Ross and the Disney painters) describe what they’re doing? What do the artists refer to while they describe their work? What do they talk about? What do they direct our attention towards?
In order to describe what they’re doing they’ll have the camera zoom in really close to what they’re doing with their paintbrush or their palette. In addition they will also describe the techniques they are using with the paintbrush in order to get the affect they want (like when he was painting the evergreen trees). Specifically about the style of applying the paint to the canvas. The disney painters describe less about the way they are painting and talk more about their perspective on what they are painting (what aspect of the trees they are choosing to focus on/they are most intrigued by)
- How would you characterize each artist's style, and what impact does their style have on you (a viewer/audience member)? How have these artists chosen to portray their subject matter?
Bob Ross’ style is a lot more detail oriented where it seems like he pays special attention to every single brush stroke he applies to the canvas. I think the Disney painter’s style is more about perspective. They only talk briefly about the kind of paint they are using and why and then go on to talk about what part of the tree most fascinates them/they are going to focus on.
I really liked how you brought up the narration of the video. It seems obvious, but I never thought to bring that up. It makes sense how every aspect of the video contains moves, rather than just the painting part. It is important to take all of the aspects into account when analyzing the effectiveness of the video. What moves did each artist have for painting specifically? Why do you think Bob Ross paid more attention to every brush stroke, instead of the overall essence and perspective like the disney painters? How did the disney painters' moves differ?
ReplyDeleteThe way you explained how the videos address the audience was fantastic, I did not consider that myself when I wrote my response. The concept seems so straight forward yet I totally missed it and rather called it informal and conversation versus that they were trying to talk to use versus having the narration style that disney had. The contrast they had between the styles was very interesting as well, Disney focuses on the end product while Bob Ross was focus on every bit of every stroke and how it effects the piece in the end. Good job!
ReplyDeleteI like how you separated each question and directly addressed it, because I’m a lazy reader this makes it amazingly easy. It cool that you caught the difference of narration, something I totally missed but makes a drastic difference because it attracts a unique audience. it’s great that you described the major difference between Disney and Bob’s Ross which is that they focus on different things one on technique and the other on natural perspective. Overall all your points seem very valid.
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