Understanding The Difference Between Live “Funny” And Video “Funny” – It’s A Big Deal
Understanding The Difference Between Live “Funny” And Video “Funny” – It’s A Big Deal Introduction Most non-professionals are completely unaware that there are significant differences between how “funny” is determined in the live performing environment and how “funny” is determined when a stand-up comedy video is reviewed on an individual-by-individual basis. It doesn’t take a $3 million government study to prove that comedians demonstrate their skill and ability to generate long, loud and frequent laughs in the live audience environment. As a matter of fact, powerful stand-up comedy is DEPENDENT upon an audience when it comes to significant laughter generation. But stand-up comedy videos present a completely different dynamic when it comes to what a viewer determines to be “funny” or not and here’s why: 1. Laughter is a shared response that has a contagious nature. In the live performing environment, there are other audience members to share that laughter response with. 2. The audience dynamics that are present during a live stand-up comedy performance are not present when an individual views a stand-up comedy video alone. 3. Audience laughter generated by a comedian in a video does not impact an individual viewer of that video, due to the absence of the live audience dynamic. The Bottom Line Without the impact and influence of live audience dynamics when it comes to laughter generation as a comedian… Non-professionals and casual observers will view a stand-up comedy video and make a determination Continue reading Understanding The Difference Between Live “Funny” And Video “Funny” – It’s A Big Deal