brotherted
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I just watched yet another, probably my 9000th, clip featuring fake and/or exaggerated laughter from models (okay, actresses) in a video. As if we can't tell the difference.... As if whenever we hear any kind of laughing, like the kind that might be performed in a high school drama class, we'll believe it's real.
The most obvious fakery is when the sound of the laughing takes on a regular rhythm. Genuine laughing in this context is jerky and unpredictable... it's a reaction to the touching, which isn't rhythmic. Fake laughing by its nature is not connected to the timing of the pokes and presses.
Try it yourself sometime... just fake laugh when no one's around. The sound you make probably approximates a set rhythm. That's the sound I hear in way too many videos.
PRODUCERS -- YOU ARE ALL ON NOTICE -- HERE IS YOUR NEW RULE:
It's much better to tell the model to try not to laugh, than to ask them (or allow them) to laugh more for the camera than they otherwise would.
If the underlying problem is she's not sufficiently ticklish, then you should be spending your time finding a different model, not producing a video with exaggerated reactions.
You know who you are!
Thanks.... I feel better now. 🙂
Is anyone with me on this?
The most obvious fakery is when the sound of the laughing takes on a regular rhythm. Genuine laughing in this context is jerky and unpredictable... it's a reaction to the touching, which isn't rhythmic. Fake laughing by its nature is not connected to the timing of the pokes and presses.
Try it yourself sometime... just fake laugh when no one's around. The sound you make probably approximates a set rhythm. That's the sound I hear in way too many videos.
PRODUCERS -- YOU ARE ALL ON NOTICE -- HERE IS YOUR NEW RULE:
It's much better to tell the model to try not to laugh, than to ask them (or allow them) to laugh more for the camera than they otherwise would.
If the underlying problem is she's not sufficiently ticklish, then you should be spending your time finding a different model, not producing a video with exaggerated reactions.
You know who you are!
Thanks.... I feel better now. 🙂
Is anyone with me on this?