From the movie “WALL-E” there are many humorous events. One example would be when WALL-E introduces Eve to his home. This scene, in particular, uses sounds, framing, and physicality which is one of the techniques to trigger people to burst into laughter. The main theme is about WALL-E is him trying to communicate with Eve and get close to her like humans do. We can also connect this scene to other incidents we have either read or viewed.
Comedy from this scene is created by a series of events and using film techniques which are sounds, framing, and angles. Eve was spinning so fast that WALL-E hit the ceiling of his vehicle so hard that his figure became indented into the rusty metal is an example from parts of the scene. This is an example of low comedy where it does not require much knowledge to get it and it is designed for the audience to laugh out loud. The whole scene is mostly made up of low comedy, too, like Eve being hostile towards a talking fish that sang or breaking a whisk by spinning it too fast. Back to the part where WALL-E’s figure is being shown on the outside of his vehicle is called framing which adds to the humor and if it were to be shown inside, it wouldn’t have much of a comedic effect. Sounds and …show more content…
The comedy skit “Who’s on First?” by Abbott and Costello is a great example of this. From both clips, they make humor out of someone not being able to communicate very well with the other person. The part when he says something like “who is on first” and “what is on second”, he deciphers it the wrong way thinking it is a question. In WALL-E, Eve aims a gun at something even though it is not dangerous and WALL-E tries to get her to like human things. The scene from “Who’s on first” I found most hilarious because I understand him but he doesn’t. Understanding many comedy clips may make you have a bigger