Blog 6
“How to Play the Violin” is one of many in a series of humorous original animated videos created by a Youtube user named Jason Steele and his channel also called FilmCow and Secretagentbob. As Jason directed/designed this short he made a lucrative choice to only depict a few changes to the total sequence from shot to shot, in fact the only transitions to speak of is a couple of cuts to close ups and a zoom out at the very beginning to isolate a nervous Johnny and then place him in the room standing near his much larger, more intimidating father Ron. In this way, he maintains some of the rules of film but violates others. For instance Jason is able to maintain the 180 degree rule in his animation by keeping the background of the house and the room they stand in as 2D props rather than an actual setting, and by keeping with one shot and having characters walk on frame he maintains the audience as a single objective point of view. Another rule of film that the online video “How to Play the Violin” maintains is the rule of thirds, it accomplishes this by keeping the main characters in center frame for the entire duration of the video and only allowing one character to leave after a new character has already entered. One rule that the clip failed to establish was the 30 degree rule. It fails to establish this rule because of the lack of transitions within the sequence and also because the director likely had no new information that would be expressed by changing angles. The first reason/excuse Jason could have used for breaking the 30 degree rule was that the video itself was too short to include a lot of expensive shots and transitions. The simplicity of the shots also help the humorous aspect of the animation by making the video easier to watch the director widens the range of his audience to a younger demographic. Jason Steele displayed an excellent talent for directing by including even a couple rules of film that might not otherwise be acknowledged in a short animation.
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