I feel that the main aim of this sketch is to show how language has changed and developed over time as the dirctor has humerously wrote the script in modern day slang while the sketch is set during WW2. With Armstrong and Miller's upper-class accent using colloquialisms such as "blud" and "for sure",
the sketch becomes impossible to take seriously.36 seconds into the video the viewers could potentially lose intrest and the director uses repetition which really ensures the viewers attention. Also, repetition is used to emphasise the language and the point in which he is trying to make.
And because his aim is to make people laugh, he uses modern language which suggests that he find that that modern language has turned into something to laugh about- a joke.
Your analysis is coming along really well Mel, you've got past that stage of saying that things are used to 'add effect' and are starting to go a little bit more in depth and explaining that effect. You've used some good terminology such as 'colloquialisms', and I like the point you make about the sketch showing how language has changed over time.
ReplyDeleteTo improve, I think you could start applying the grammar frameworks for your writing, for example you could have discussed lexis and phonology here, and you could have also discussed pragmatics in relation to the comedy coming from the gradual change in language.
Well done!