Strategies creating humor in film dialogue
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This document discusses strategies for creating humor in film dialogue. It analyzes dialogue from the film "New in Town" that uses techniques like irony, politically correct language, puns, and indirectness to communicate intended messages in a humorous way. For example, a conversation about gender that ends in an argument, or a character using vague "double-speak" language that hides the real message. The document concludes that communication failures and irony served as effective strategies for creating humor in the film's dialogue and helping viewers decode the screenwriters' intended humorous messages.
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Strategies creating humor in film dialogue
- 1. Strategies Creating Humor in Film Dialogue Presenter: VioricaCondrat Alecu Russo Balti State University
- 2. What does a film consist of? IMAGE – visual effects; moving pictures. FILM SOUND – sound effects (music, noises, etc.); the characters’ dialogue.
- 3. What is the role of dialogue in films? Roman Jackobson’s Communicative Situation CONTEXT MESSAGE CHANNEL CODE ADRESSER ADRESSEE screenwriter viewer film We may assume that the script may also be regarded as ‘another form of communication’, where the screenwriter is the initiator of the dialogue governed by the specific context he lives in.
- 5. ‘film dialogue has been purposely designed for the viewers to overhear’;
- 8. Politically correct English; conversation failure
- 10. Indirectness: double-speak Ms. Hill: Greetings, New Ulm. I'm here to usher in a new phase. This is a great opportunity. I'm here to reconfigure for the initialization of Rocket Bars. This will be an exciting utilization of new branding......for capitalizing on a highly profitable demographic. Stu: Cut to the chase. We don't give a fart on a muggy day what you're making us make. Tell us how many you're planning on laying off. Ms. Hill: Management at Munck Foods in Miami has sent me here......to conduct mechanization and modernization procedures. Stu: Yeah, you Munck-ees all say that crap. But every time one of you comes, we end up losing jobs. Ms. Hill: Well, I'm interested in the jobs we'll create. If you're not, that's fine, but I'll expect you to implement the changes......in a timely manner.
- 12. We can see that in most cases while using irony as a communicative strategy the speakers try to produce a particular effect on the listener. They may lie, show their total disapproval of something, mock somebody or joke. Yet, if we consider the underlying meaning, we can see that they realize their intentions indirectly as they do not openly state what is on their mind. Whereas, in the case of the last example, it is also a case of dramatic irony, as it was Blanche’s tapioca that actually saved the plant.
- 13. Concluding remarks It is worth mentioning that the analyzed examples in this article produced a humorous effect on the viewers. All the people whom we asked to watch the film pointed to these examples as humorous and interesting. So while the main characters were not laughing, the ‘overhearers’ were enjoying themselves. Thus, we can state that the dialogue between the screenwriters and the viewers was a successful one as the encoded message was understood by the latter. To sum up, communication failures of the interactants as well as irony served as a strategic technique to create humor in the film ‘New in Town’. Indeed, the characters lively dialogue helped the viewers decode the screenwriters’ intended messages. They touched upon such vital issues as: gender discrimination, religion, social status, cultural background, snobbism, and double-speak. They followed the rules of the genre offering the long-expected happy-end to the viewers
- 14. Thank you for your attention