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Waiting for the anzac biccies to cook
..but they're looking a bit goopy :( EDIT: they taste ok :)
Well, I survived my first week of full-time work, during the Crazy July Holidays no less. Today I was doing a show, and the computer doing the powerpoint presentation crashed meaning I had to captivate the audience using only my amazing powers of description ("Imagine I'm a shark about to eat a seal...") Of course someone pointed out I could have just restarted it... I'm such a doofus :) Luckily the kids actually seemed to enjoy it!
A question that struck me: if you videoed comedians and then played them back to people with the sound off/who didn't speak the language, would they still be able to tell who was funny(*)? This occurred to me as I was pondering how much audience response is based on tone/energy etc.
Doing mine would be dull, so here's the haiku meme for my favourite pair of Harry Potter fangirls, made by the ever amazing Grahame:
(*)As judged by people watching the video with the sound on who do understand the langauge.
Well, I survived my first week of full-time work, during the Crazy July Holidays no less. Today I was doing a show, and the computer doing the powerpoint presentation crashed meaning I had to captivate the audience using only my amazing powers of description ("Imagine I'm a shark about to eat a seal...") Of course someone pointed out I could have just restarted it... I'm such a doofus :) Luckily the kids actually seemed to enjoy it!
A question that struck me: if you videoed comedians and then played them back to people with the sound off/who didn't speak the language, would they still be able to tell who was funny(*)? This occurred to me as I was pondering how much audience response is based on tone/energy etc.
Doing mine would be dull, so here's the haiku meme for my favourite pair of Harry Potter fangirls, made by the ever amazing Grahame:
(*)As judged by people watching the video with the sound on who do understand the langauge.
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On the comedian thing - I did read somewhere that a bunch of non-english speaking people at a Billy Connolly show found him absolutely uproarious (as observed by the woman who later became his wife so maybe that doesn't count)
And you pimped my blog! *blinks*
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The computer breaks down every now and then (unsurprising given how many different people fiddle with it) my problem is learning how to reset it on the fly, I tend to just battle on without it which is not the optimal solution :)
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I'm pretty sure there have been studies done, which included showing people footage of American presidents giving public speeches. Apparently the non-English-speakers thought it was hilarious.