Follow the Frog...No Not Literally

 

Comedy sets the tone

The Follow the Frog video is trying to set a comedic tone for the first couple of minutes. It does this by a documentary like video of a man who is trying to protect the rainforest.  The documentary is comedic because the man goes to different extremes to help save the rainforest. For example, he leaves his family, moves to Nicaragua, and joins a tribe. The next comedic portion of the video is when nothing works out and the man is forced to move back home where he finds his wife with another man. The tone reminds me of two videos. First the video reminds me of the DirecTV commercials where a person's life goes from good to bad to worse. The Follow the Frog also reminds me of college humor videos where a man's life is narrated.

 

 

The Tone Setter

The tone of the video is initially set by upbeat music. The music helps show that the man is living a good life and possibly living the American dream. The music cuts out and this shows that the happiness of the video is temporarily over. It shows that maybe this mans life isn't so good. The video then says the man isn't as good as he thinks he is and you can hear gunfire instead of upbeat music. The next music scene comes in and acts as a suspenseful background sound while clips of trees being cut down play. The music quickly turns more positive as the man leaves for his trip to save the rainforest. The music is upbeat because the man is saving the world and accomplishing something great by sacrificing his life to safe some trees. The music stays positive until the end of the videos. This gives a comedic sense because the man's life is then ruined but the positive music is still playing

Goals Accomplished?

The video accomplishes its goal to draw the viewers in with a funny story about a man who sets out on a journey to save the rainforest but ends up losing everything because he tried the impossible. I like how the video used a narrator to talk about the man and his journey. This turned the argument into a funny story about a man's life changing for the worse. I would also incorporate similar music timings into my video. For example, if I was arguing for something I would use happy music to describe the benefits of it.