As its my job to do the sound design statements, I've pulled research from multiple of my research blogs, some titled 'final horror/comedy research'. While putting all of that into a document this is what I have come up with.
Sound design is essential for boosting the humor, tempo, and overall comedic effect in comedy trailers. These are some essential elements of sound design that I've researched in comedic trailers:
Vibrant and cheerful Music: The trailer's tone is established and a sense of excitement and energy is created by choosing vibrant and cheerful music. Generally speaking, the soundtrack should enhance the humor and fit the lighthearted tone of the movie without overpowering the narration or the images.
Properly Timed Sound Effects: The trailer's punchlines and humorous moments are highlighted with sound effects. Sound effects can add levels of humor to the trailer, whether it's a cartoonish sound effect accompanying a pratfall, a whimsical sound cue highlighting a visual gag, or a well-timed rimshot after a joke.
Careful dialogue editing: The funniest quotes and exchanges from the movie are highlighted in comedy trailers through meticulous conversation editing. Fast-paced conversation editing makes sure that every joke is delivered with impact.
Character Voices and Delivery: A big part of the humor in the trailer comes from the voices of the characters. Character voices should be recognizable and distinctive, whether through exaggerated accents, peculiar vocal techniques, or humorous timing in delivery.
Use of Silence: In comedic trailers, silence may be just as powerful as sound. Before or after a punchline, pauses and quiet periods can heighten the suspense and let the humor really hit home. This also helps to create a humorous rhythm that heightens the effect overall.
Going back to a trailer I used in my last genre research post, I'll be using 'No Hard Feelings' as an example.
This trailer features a lot of the elements listed above like the cheerful music played throughout the entire film, careful dialogue editing to frame the jokes so that they have an affective cue, and a big use of silence to heighten the suspense of humor.
An effective element the trailer has is the careful dialogue editing and use of silence. Every time there's funny dialogue the cheerful music cuts off and is brought back again during the next scene making the sound design in the trailer effective and genre compliant. All of these are things I plan to use when editing my trailer 2.
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